YOUNG v. UNITED STATES ex rel. VUITTON ET FILS S. A. et al. (1987)
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| YOUNG v. UNITED STATES ex rel. VUITTON ET FILS S. A. et al. |
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| Term: 1986 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 13, 1987 |
| Decided: May 26, 1987 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens |
| Concurring |
| Harry Blackmun • Antonin Scalia |
| Dissenting |
| Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
YOUNG v. UNITED STATES ex rel. VUITTON ET FILS S. A. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1987.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 481 U.S. 787
- 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: William Brennan
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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