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JOHN BRIDGE, et al. v. PHOENIX BOND & INDEMNITY CO. ET AL (2008)

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JOHN BRIDGE, et al. v. PHOENIX BOND & INDEMNITY CO. ET AL
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: April 14, 2008
Decided: June 9, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

JOHN BRIDGE, et al. v. PHOENIX BOND & INDEMNITY CO. ET AL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2008. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 2008.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
  • Petitioner: Investor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Investor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 639
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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