ROBERT MORRISON, et al. v. NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD. et al. (2010) - Ballotpedia

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ROBERT MORRISON, et al. v. NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD. et al.

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 2010
Decided: June 24, 2010
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

ROBERT MORRISON, et al. v. NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2010. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 2010.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 561 U.S. 247
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.

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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