PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT AND SEWER AUTHORITY v. METCALF & EDDY, INC. (1993)

PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT AND SEWER AUTHORITY v. METCALF & EDDY, INC.
	Term: 1992
Important Dates
	Argued: November 9, 1992
	Decided: January 12, 1993
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT AND SEWER AUTHORITY v. METCALF & EDDY, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1993. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1992.

In an 8-1 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 Puerto Rico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Petitioner state: Puerto Rico
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 506 U.S. 139
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 liberal.