MICHAEL A. LEBRON v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (1995)

MICHAEL A. LEBRON v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
	Term: 1994
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 1994
	Decided: February 21, 1995
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor

MICHAEL A. LEBRON v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1995. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1994.

In an 8-1 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.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 513 U.S. 374
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: Antonin Scalia

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.