ZAHN et al. v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. (1973)

ZAHN et al. v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.
	Term: 1973
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1973
	Decided: December 17, 1973
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

ZAHN et al. v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1973. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Vermont 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 414 U.S. 291
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: Byron White

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.