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UNITED STATES v. SPERRY CORPORATION et al.

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1989
Decided: November 28, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. SPERRY CORPORATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 1989. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1989.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 493 U.S. 52
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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