ROBERT J. DEVLIN v. ROBERT A. SCARDELLETTI et al. (2002)

ROBERT J. DEVLIN v. ROBERT A. SCARDELLETTI et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: March 26, 2002
	Decided: June 10, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

ROBERT J. DEVLIN v. ROBERT A. SCARDELLETTI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 2002. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 2002.

In a 6-3 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Retired or former employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 536 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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 liberal.