HARBOR TUG AND BARGE COMPANY v. JOHN PAPAI ET UX. (1997)

HARBOR TUG AND BARGE COMPANY v. JOHN PAPAI ET UX.
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1997
	Decided: May 12, 1997
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

HARBOR TUG AND BARGE COMPANY v. JOHN PAPAI ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 12, 1997. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1997.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: 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.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 520 U.S. 548
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: 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 conservative.