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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. TAYLOR (1987)

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. TAYLOR
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1987
Decided: April 6, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. TAYLOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1987.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 481 U.S. 58
  • 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: 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.

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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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