SHADY GROVE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES, P. A. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (2010)

SHADY GROVE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES, P. A. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
	Term: 2009
Important Dates
	Argued: November 2, 2009
	Decided: March 31, 2010
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Antonin Scalia
Majority
	John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy

SHADY GROVE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES, P. A. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 2010. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 2009.

In a 5-4 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 New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 559 U.S. 393
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.