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ERIC J. WEISS v. UNITED STATES (1994)

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ERIC J. WEISS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 1993
Decided: January 19, 1994
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter

ERIC J. WEISS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1994. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1993.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Military Review.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 510 U.S. 163
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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