WALKER v. ARMCO STEEL CORP. (1980)

WALKER v. ARMCO STEEL CORP.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1980
	Decided: June 2, 1980
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

WALKER v. ARMCO STEEL CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1980. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1980.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 446 U.S. 740
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.