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RODRIGUEZ DE QUIJAS et al. v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS, INC. (1989)

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RODRIGUEZ DE QUIJAS et al. v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS, INC.
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1989
Decided: May 15, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

RODRIGUEZ DE QUIJAS et al. v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1989.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
  • Petitioner: Investor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 490 U.S. 477
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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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