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SISSON v. RUBY et al.

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1990
Decided: June 25, 1990
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • Byron White

SISSON v. RUBY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1990. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1990.

In a 9-0 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 Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 497 U.S. 358
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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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