WYETH v. DIANA LEVINE (2009)

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WYETH v. DIANA LEVINE
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 2008
Decided: March 4, 2009
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia

WYETH v. DIANA LEVINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 2009. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 2008.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Vermont State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
  • Petitioner: Drug manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Patient of a health professional
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 555 U.S. 555
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • 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.

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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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