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UNITED STATES v. JAMES et al. (1986)

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UNITED STATES v. JAMES et al.
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1986
Decided: July 2, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. JAMES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 478 U.S. 597
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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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