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PHILIPPINES v. PIMENTEL (2008)
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| PHILIPPINES v. PIMENTEL |
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| Term: 2007 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 17, 2008 |
| Decided: June 12, 2008 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
| Dissenting |
| David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
PHILIPPINES v. PIMENTEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 2008. The case was argued before the court on March 17, 2008.
In a 7-2 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 Hawaii U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: interpleader
- Petitioner: Foreign nation or instrumentality
- 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: 553 U.S. 851
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy
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.
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