OPPENHEIMER FUND, INC., et al. v. SANDERS et al. (1978)

OPPENHEIMER FUND, INC., et al. v. SANDERS et al.
	Term: 1977
Important Dates
	Argued: February 28, 1978
	Decided: June 19, 1978
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

OPPENHEIMER FUND, INC., et al. v. SANDERS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1978. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1978.

In a 9-0 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Investor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 437 U.S. 340
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 conservative.