PIONEER INVESTMENT SERVICES COMPANY v. BRUNSWICK ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al. (1993)

PIONEER INVESTMENT SERVICES COMPANY v. BRUNSWICK ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al.
	Term: 1992
Important Dates
	Argued: November 30, 1992
	Decided: March 24, 1993
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas

PIONEER INVESTMENT SERVICES COMPANY v. BRUNSWICK ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1993. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1992.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 507 U.S. 380
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 conservative.