Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson et al., As Next Friends and Guardians of Thompson et al. (478 U.S. 804)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided July 7, 1986 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 478 U.S. 804 · 106 S. Ct. 3229
- Decided
- July 7, 1986
- Term
- October Term 1985
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Stevens
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
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