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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	ED PLAUT, ET UX., et al. v. SPENDTHRIFT FARM, INC., et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	April 18, 1995
Date Argument	November 30, 1994
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	514 U.S. 211 115 S. Ct. 1447 1995 U.S. LEXIS 2843 131 L. Ed. 2d 328
Docket	93-1121

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Petitioner	investor
Respondent	tender offer

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	MISCELLANEOUS Miscellaneous FEDERAL STATUTE Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or the Williams Act
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Unspecifiable
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter Thomas special concurrence Breyer dissent Stevens Ginsburg
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	MISCELLANEOUS Miscellaneous CONSTITUTION Article III, Section 1, Paragraph 1 (judicial power)
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Unspecifiable
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter Thomas special concurrence Breyer dissent Stevens Ginsburg

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1994-040-01

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