REPUBLIC OF IRAQ v. JORDAN BEATY et al. (2009)

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REPUBLIC OF IRAQ v. JORDAN BEATY et al.
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 2009
Decided: June 8, 2009
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ v. JORDAN BEATY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 2009. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 2009.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Foreign nation or instrumentality
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 556 U.S. 848
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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