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TYSON FOODS, INC., v. BOUAPHAKEO (2016)

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TYSON FOODS, INC., v. BOUAPHAKEO
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 2015
Decided: March 22, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
John Roberts
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Clarence Thomas

TYSON FOODS, INC., v. BOUAPHAKEO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 2016. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 2015.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
  • Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 577 U.S. 442
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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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