UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNSON (1987)

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNSON
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1987
	Decided: May 18, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1987. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1987.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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 Southern 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: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 481 U.S. 681
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.