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THE BREMEN et al. v. ZAPATA OFF-SHORE CO. (1972)
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| THE BREMEN et al. v. ZAPATA OFF-SHORE CO. |
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| Term: 1971 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 21, 1972 |
| Decided: June 12, 1972 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart |
| Concurring |
| Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| William Douglas |
THE BREMEN et al. v. ZAPATA OFF-SHORE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1972. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1972.
In an 8-1 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 Florida Middle 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: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 407 U.S. 1
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger
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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