MATHIAS v. WORLDCOM TECHS. (2002)

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MATHIAS v. WORLDCOM TECHS.
Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 2001
Decided: May 20, 2002
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

MATHIAS v. WORLDCOM TECHS. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 2002. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 2001.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of public utilities regulation: telephone or telegraph company
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 535 U.S. 682
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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