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PENNZOIL CO. v. TEXACO INC.

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1987
Decided: April 6, 1987
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

PENNZOIL CO. v. TEXACO INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1987.

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 - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 481 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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