KAREN LIVADAS v. VICTORIA BRADSHAW, CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSIONER (1994)

KAREN LIVADAS v. VICTORIA BRADSHAW, CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSIONER
	Term: 1993
Important Dates
	Argued: April 26, 1994
	Decided: June 13, 1994
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

KAREN LIVADAS v. VICTORIA BRADSHAW, CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1994. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1994.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: California
Citation: 512 U.S. 107
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.