RJR NABISCO INC. v. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (2016) - Ballotpedia

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RJR NABISCO INC. v. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: March 21, 2016
Decided: June 20, 2016
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
4-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan

RJR NABISCO INC. v. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 2016. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 2016.

In a 4-3 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Drug manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 579 U.S. 325
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: Samuel Alito

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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