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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS (1978)

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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 1977
Decided: May 15, 1978
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1978. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1977.

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 California State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 180
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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