PHILLIP T. BREUER v. JIM'S CONCRETE OF BREVARD, INC. (2003)

PHILLIP T. BREUER v. JIM'S CONCRETE OF BREVARD, INC.
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: April 2, 2003
	Decided: May 19, 2003
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

PHILLIP T. BREUER v. JIM'S CONCRETE OF BREVARD, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 2003. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 2003.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 691
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: David Souter

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.