DEBRA FAYE LEWIS v. UNITED STATES (1998)
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| DEBRA FAYE LEWIS v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1997 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 12, 1997 |
| Decided: March 9, 1998 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
| Concurring |
| Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
| Dissenting |
| Anthony Kennedy |
DEBRA FAYE LEWIS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1998. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1997.
In an 8-1 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 Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 523 U.S. 155
- 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: 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.
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