WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. SAMARA BROTHERS, INC. (2000)

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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. SAMARA BROTHERS, INC.
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 2000
Decided: March 22, 2000
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. SAMARA BROTHERS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 2000. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 2000.

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 - Patents and copyrights: trademark
  • Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 529 U.S. 205
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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