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ROBIN FREE, et al. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., et al. (2000)

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ROBIN FREE, et al. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., et al.
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 2000
Decided: April 3, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ROBIN FREE, et al. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 2000. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 2000.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: -
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Drug manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 529 U.S. 333
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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