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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. et al. v. MISSISSIPPI et al.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1987
Decided: February 23, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. et al. v. MISSISSIPPI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1988. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1987.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Miscellaneous - Miscellaneous
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Mississippi
Citation: 484 U.S. 469
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: Byron White

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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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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