SUN OIL CO. v. WORTMAN et al. (1988)
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| SUN OIL CO. v. WORTMAN et al. |
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| Term: 1987 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 22, 1988 |
| Decided: June 15, 1988 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-2 |
| Majority |
| Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall |
| Dissenting |
| Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist |
SUN OIL CO. v. WORTMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1988.
In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
- Petitioner: Out of state noncriminal defendant
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 486 U.S. 717
- 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: 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 conservative.
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