BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH v. CHARLES W. STUART et al. (2006)

BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH v. CHARLES W. STUART et al.
	Term: 2005
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 2006
	Decided: May 22, 2006
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH v. CHARLES W. STUART et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 2006. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 2006.

In an 8-1 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 Utah 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 547 U.S. 398
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: John Roberts

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 conservative.