METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY v. MICHAEL BUCKLEY (1997)

METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY v. MICHAEL BUCKLEY
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: February 18, 1997
	Decided: June 23, 1997
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY v. MICHAEL BUCKLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1997. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1997.

In a 7-2 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 521 U.S. 424
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: Stephen Breyer

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.