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PUERTO RICO v. FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST (2016)

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PUERTO RICO v. FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 2016
Decided: June 13, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

PUERTO RICO v. FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 2016. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 2016.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico 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: State
  • Petitioner state: Puerto Rico
  • Respondent type: Investor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 115
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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