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EDMUND BOYLE v. UNITED STATES (2009)

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EDMUND BOYLE v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 2008 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 14, 2009 |
Decided: June 8, 2009 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas |
Dissenting |
Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens |
EDMUND BOYLE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 2009. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 2009.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: bank robbery
- Petitioner: Defendant
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 556 U.S. 938
- 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: Samuel Alito
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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External links
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