OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., et al. v. TALLENTIRE et al. (1986)

OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., et al. v. TALLENTIRE et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1986
	Decided: June 23, 1986
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., et al. v. TALLENTIRE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1986. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1986.

In a 5-4 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 Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Airline
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 477 U.S. 207
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: 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 conservative.