PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORP. v. FEENEY (1990)

PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORP. v. FEENEY
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: February 26, 1990
	Decided: April 30, 1990
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORP. v. FEENEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1990. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1990.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Interstate compact
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Interstate Compact
Citation: 495 U.S. 299
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.