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SPOKEO, INC. v. ROBINS (2016)

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SPOKEO, INC. v. ROBINS
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 2015
Decided: May 16, 2016
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

SPOKEO, INC. v. ROBINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 2016. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 2015.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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 Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: direct injury
  • Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 578 U.S. 330
  • 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: Samuel Alito

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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