RANDALL et al. v. LOFTSGAARDEN et al. (1986)

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RANDALL et al. v. LOFTSGAARDEN et al.
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1986
Decided: July 2, 1986
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Brennan

RANDALL et al. v. LOFTSGAARDEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1986.

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 Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
  • Petitioner: Investor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 478 U.S. 647
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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.

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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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