VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT v. SCHLUNK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATES OF SCHLUNK et al. (1988)

VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT v. SCHLUNK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATES OF SCHLUNK et al.
	Term: 1987
Important Dates
	Argued: March 21, 1988
	Decided: June 15, 1988
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT v. SCHLUNK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATES OF SCHLUNK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1988.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 486 U.S. 694
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.