JPMORGAN CHASE BANK v. TRAFFIC STREAM (BVI) INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (2002)

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK v. TRAFFIC STREAM (BVI) INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED |
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Term: 2001 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 17, 2002 |
Decided: June 10, 2002 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
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 |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK v. TRAFFIC STREAM (BVI) INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 2002. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 2002.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: miscellaneous
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 536 U.S. 88
- 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: David Souter
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
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