KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. CARTER (2015)

KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. CARTER
	Term: 2014
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 2015
	Decided: May 26, 2015
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. CARTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 2015. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 2015.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Retired or former employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 575 U.S. 650
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: Samuel Alito

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.