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TAYLOR v. STURGELL (2008)

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TAYLOR v. STURGELL
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 2008
Decided: June 12, 2008
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

TAYLOR v. STURGELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 2008. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 2008.

In a 9-0 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 District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Private person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Federal Aviation Agency or Administration
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 880
  • 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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.

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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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