SECURITY SERVICES, INC. v. KMART CORPORATION (1994) - Ballotpedia

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SECURITY SERVICES, INC. v. KMART CORPORATION

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1994
Decided: May 16, 1994
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Clarence Thomas

SECURITY SERVICES, INC. v. KMART CORPORATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1994. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1994.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 511 U.S. 431
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: David Souter

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.

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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