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MAINE v. TAYLOR et al. (1986)

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MAINE v. TAYLOR et al.
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1986
Decided: June 24, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

MAINE v. TAYLOR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1986. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1986.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Maine
  • Respondent type: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 477 U.S. 131
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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