GEORGE W. BUSH v. PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, et al. (2000)

GEORGE W. BUSH v. PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, et al.
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 2000
	Decided: December 4, 2000
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

GEORGE W. BUSH v. PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 2000. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 2000.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 531 U.S. 70
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.