JILL S. KAMEN v. KEMPER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., et al. (1991) - Ballotpedia

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JILL S. KAMEN v. KEMPER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., et al.

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1991
Decided: May 20, 1991
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

JILL S. KAMEN v. KEMPER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1991. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1991.

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 Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: Investor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 500 U.S. 90
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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