TRANSAMERICA MORTGAGE ADVISORS, INC. (TAMA), et al. v. LEWIS (1979)

TRANSAMERICA MORTGAGE ADVISORS, INC. (TAMA), et al. v. LEWIS
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: March 20, 1979
	Decided: November 13, 1979
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
	Lewis Powell
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

TRANSAMERICA MORTGAGE ADVISORS, INC. (TAMA), et al. v. LEWIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 1979. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1979.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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 Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 444 U.S. 11
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: Potter Stewart

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.