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BIRCHFIELD v. NORTH DAKOTA (2016)

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BIRCHFIELD v. NORTH DAKOTA
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 2016
Decided: June 23, 2016
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Clarence Thomas

BIRCHFIELD v. NORTH DAKOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2016. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 2016.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the North Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: North Dakota
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 438
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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