VERLINDEN BV v. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (1983)

VERLINDEN BV v. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: January 11, 1983
	Decided: May 23, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

VERLINDEN BV v. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1983. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1983.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: federal question (cf. no merits: dismissed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question)
Petitioner: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 461 U.S. 480
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: Warren Burger

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.