Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Ward et al. (470 U.S. 869)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 26, 1985 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 470 U.S. 869 · 105 S. Ct. 1676
- Decided
- March 26, 1985
- Term
- October Term 1984
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Powell
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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