Bruesewitz v. Wyeth

Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 12, 2010 Decided February 22, 2011
Full case name	Russell Bruesewitz and Robalee Bruesewitz, Parents and Natural Guardians of Hannah Bruesewitz, A Minor Child, And In Their Own Right v. Wyeth LLC F/K/A Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Wyeth Lederle, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, and Lederle Laboratories
Docket no.	09-152
Citations	562 U.S. 223 (more) 131 S. Ct. 1068; 179 L. Ed. 2d 1
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Summary judgment granted to defendants, E.D. Pa.; affirmed, 561 F.3d 233 (3rd Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 559 U.S. 991 (2010).
Holding
The 1986 Vaccine Act preempts all vaccine design defect claims against vaccine manufacturers.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
Concurrence	Breyer
Dissent	Sotomayor, joined by Ginsburg
Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act

Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, 562 U.S. 223 (2011), is a United States Supreme Court case that decided whether a section of the Vaccine Act of 1986 preempts all vaccine design defect claims against vaccine manufacturers.