MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER v. KAREN L. BARTLETT (2013)

MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER v. KAREN L. BARTLETT
	Term: 2012
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 2013
	Decided: June 24, 2013
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER v. KAREN L. BARTLETT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2013. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 2013.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Hampshire U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Drug manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Patient of a health professional
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 570 U.S. 472
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: Samuel Alito

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.