PATRICK v. BURGET et al. (1988)

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PATRICK v. BURGET et al.
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1988
Decided: May 16, 1988
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

PATRICK v. BURGET et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1988. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1988.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 486 U.S. 94
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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