PARSONS STEEL, INC., et al. v. FIRST ALABAMA BANK et al. (1986)

PARSONS STEEL, INC., et al. v. FIRST ALABAMA BANK et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 1985
	Decided: January 27, 1986
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

PARSONS STEEL, INC., et al. v. FIRST ALABAMA BANK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1986. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1985.

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 Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 474 U.S. 518
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: William Rehnquist

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.