GUIDRY v. SHEET METAL WORKERS NATIONAL PENSION FUND et al. (1990)

GUIDRY v. SHEET METAL WORKERS NATIONAL PENSION FUND et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: November 29, 1989
	Decided: January 17, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

GUIDRY v. SHEET METAL WORKERS NATIONAL PENSION FUND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1990. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1989.

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 Colorado U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - labor-management disputes: union trust funds (cf. ERISA)
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 493 U.S. 365
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: Harry Blackmun

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.