GRAVITT, EXECUTRIX et al. v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. et al. (1977)

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GRAVITT, EXECUTRIX et al. v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Decided: April 25, 1977
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

GRAVITT, EXECUTRIX et al. v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1977.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 430 U.S. 723
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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