JOHN W. BEHRENS v. ROBERT J. PELLETIER (1996)

JOHN W. BEHRENS v. ROBERT J. PELLETIER
	Term: 1995
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 1995
	Decided: February 21, 1996
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens

JOHN W. BEHRENS v. ROBERT J. PELLETIER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1996. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1995.

In a 7-2 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 California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 516 U.S. 299
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: Antonin Scalia

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.