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CLIFTON TERELLE MCNEILL, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES (2011)

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CLIFTON TERELLE MCNEILL, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 2010 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 25, 2011 |
Decided: June 6, 2011 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas |
CLIFTON TERELLE MCNEILL, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 2011. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 2011.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 563 U.S. 816
- 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: Clarence Thomas
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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