STOLT-NIELSEN S. A., et al. v. ANIMALFEEDS INTERNATIONAL CORP. (2010)

STOLT-NIELSEN S. A., et al. v. ANIMALFEEDS INTERNATIONAL CORP.
	Term: 2009
Important Dates
	Argued: December 9, 2009
	Decided: April 27, 2010
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

STOLT-NIELSEN S. A., et al. v. ANIMALFEEDS INTERNATIONAL CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 2010. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 2009.

In a 5-3 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 559 U.S. 662
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 liberal.