JAMES F. LEWIS v. LEWIS & CLARK MARINE, INC., ETC. (2001)

JAMES F. LEWIS v. LEWIS & CLARK MARINE, INC., ETC.
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: November 29, 2000
	Decided: February 21, 2001
Outcome
	Reversed 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

JAMES F. LEWIS v. LEWIS & CLARK MARINE, INC., ETC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 2001. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 2000.

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 Missouri Eastern 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 531 U.S. 438
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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 liberal.