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EDDIE RICHARDSON v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1998
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1999
Decided: June 1, 1999
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor

EDDIE RICHARDSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1999. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1999.

In a 6-3 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 Illinois Northern 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 accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 526 U.S. 813
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.

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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