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METRO. LIFE INS. CO. v. GLENN (2008)

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METRO. LIFE INS. CO. v. GLENN
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 2008
Decided: June 19, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
John Roberts
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

METRO. LIFE INS. CO. v. GLENN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 2008. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 2008.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (cf. union trust funds)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 554 U.S. 105
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • 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 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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