WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON v. PAULA CORBIN JONES (1997)

WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON v. PAULA CORBIN JONES
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1997
	Decided: May 27, 1997
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer

WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON v. PAULA CORBIN JONES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1997. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1997.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 520 U.S. 681
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: John Paul Stevens

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.