GOBEILLE v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (2016) - Ballotpedia

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GOBEILLE v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 2015
Decided: March 1, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

GOBEILLE v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 2016. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 2015.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Vermont U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Vermont
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 577 U.S. 312
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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