HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, ex rel. WILLIAM J. SCHUMER (1997)

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, ex rel. WILLIAM J. SCHUMER
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: February 25, 1997
	Decided: June 16, 1997
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, ex rel. WILLIAM J. SCHUMER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1997. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1997.

In a 9-0 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 California Central 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: Airplane manufacturer, or manufacturer of parts of airplanes
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 520 U.S. 939
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: Clarence Thomas

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.