MARGARET KAWAAUHAU, ET VIR v. PAUL W. GEIGER (1998) - Ballotpedia

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MARGARET KAWAAUHAU, ET VIR v. PAUL W. GEIGER

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1998
Decided: March 3, 1998
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

MARGARET KAWAAUHAU, ET VIR v. PAUL W. GEIGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1998. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1998.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 523 U.S. 57
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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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