MARRESE et al. v. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS (1985)

MARRESE et al. v. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
	Term: 1984
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 1984
	Decided: March 4, 1985
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Warren Burger

MARRESE et al. v. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1985. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1984.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 470 U.S. 373
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.