CHARLES ANDREW FOWLER, AKA MAN, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES (2011) - Ballotpedia

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CHARLES ANDREW FOWLER, AKA MAN, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 2011
Decided: May 26, 2011
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg

CHARLES ANDREW FOWLER, AKA MAN, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 2011. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 2011.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: obstruction of justice
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 563 U.S. 668
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: Stephen Breyer

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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