REED ELSEVIER, INC., et al., v. IRVIN MUCHNICK et al. (2010) - Ballotpedia

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REED ELSEVIER, INC., et al., v. IRVIN MUCHNICK et al.

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 2009
Decided: March 2, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

REED ELSEVIER, INC., et al., v. IRVIN MUCHNICK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 2010. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 2009.

In an 8-0 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Author, copyright holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 559 U.S. 154
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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