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RICCI v. CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE et al.

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1972
Decided: January 9, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart

RICCI v. CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1973. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1972.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 409 U.S. 289
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: 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 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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