CORNELL JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES (2000)

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CORNELL JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 2000
Decided: May 15, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Stephen BreyerRuth Bader GinsburgSandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistDavid SouterJohn Paul Stevens
Concurring
Anthony KennedyClarence Thomas
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia

CORNELL JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 2000. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 2000.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Probationer, or parolee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 529 U.S. 694
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Souter

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.

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