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PFIZER INC. et al. v. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA et al. (1978)
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| PFIZER INC. et al. v. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA et al. |
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| Term: 1977 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 1, 1977 |
| Decided: January 11, 1978 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist |
PFIZER INC. et al. v. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1978. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1977.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota 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: Drug manufacturer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 434 U.S. 308
- 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: Potter Stewart
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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