VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS V TRINKO, LLP (2004)

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS V TRINKO, LLP
	Term: 2003
Important Dates
	Argued: October 14, 2003
	Decided: January 13, 2004
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
	David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS V TRINKO, LLP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 2004. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 2003.

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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 540 U.S. 398
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: Antonin Scalia

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.