KAREN HOWSAM, ETC. v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC. (2002) - Ballotpedia

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KAREN HOWSAM, ETC. v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 2002
Decided: December 10, 2002
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Clarence Thomas

KAREN HOWSAM, ETC. v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 2002. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 2002.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 537 U.S. 79
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: Stephen Breyer

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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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