CORNELL JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES (2000)

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CORNELL JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1999 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 22, 2000 |
Decided: May 15, 2000 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
Concurring |
Anthony Kennedy • Clarence 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.
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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