F. SCOTT YEAGER v. UNITED STATES (2009)

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F. SCOTT YEAGER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 2009
Decided: June 18, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

F. SCOTT YEAGER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 2009. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 2009.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 557 U.S. 110
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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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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