PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., et al. v. JEFFREY BOOK et al. (2003)

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., et al. v. JEFFREY BOOK et al.
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 2003
	Decided: April 7, 2003
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., et al. v. JEFFREY BOOK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 2003. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 2003.

In an 8-0 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 Florida Southern 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: Health organization or person, nursing home, medical clinic or laboratory, chiropractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 401
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 conservative.