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ROSE v. ARKANSAS STATE POLICE et al. (1986)

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ROSE v. ARKANSAS STATE POLICE et al.
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Decided: November 3, 1986
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

ROSE v. ARKANSAS STATE POLICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 3, 1986.

In an 8-1 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 Arkansas State Appellate Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arkansas
  • Citation: 479 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 liberal.

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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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