HALL STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. v. MATTEL, INC (2008)

HALL STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. v. MATTEL, INC
	Term: 2007
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 2007
	Decided: March 25, 2008
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Paul Stevens

HALL STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. v. MATTEL, INC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 2008. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 2007.

In a 6-3 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 Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 552 U.S. 576
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: David Souter

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.