GREEN v. BOCK LAUNDRY MACHINE CO. (1989)

GREEN v. BOCK LAUNDRY MACHINE CO.
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: January 18, 1989
	Decided: May 22, 1989
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

GREEN v. BOCK LAUNDRY MACHINE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1989. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1989.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 490 U.S. 504
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.