PASCHALL et al. v. CHRISTIE-STEWART, INC., et al. (1973)

PASCHALL et al. v. CHRISTIE-STEWART, INC., et al.
	Term: 1973
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1973
	Decided: November 19, 1973
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas • Potter Stewart

PASCHALL et al. v. CHRISTIE-STEWART, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1973. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1973.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: adequate non-federal grounds for decision
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 414 U.S. 100
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.