MONSANTO CO. v. SPRAY-RITE SERVICE CORP. (1984) - Ballotpedia

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MONSANTO CO. v. SPRAY-RITE SERVICE CORP.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1983
Decided: March 20, 1984
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
William Brennan

MONSANTO CO. v. SPRAY-RITE SERVICE CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1984. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1983.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Chemical company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Distributor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 465 U.S. 752
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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