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WILLARD STEWART v. DUTRA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Term: 2004
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 2004
Decided: February 22, 2005
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

WILLARD STEWART v. DUTRA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 2005. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 2004.

In an 8-0 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 Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 543 U.S. 481
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: Clarence Thomas

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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