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FLORIDA v. J. L. (2000)

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FLORIDA v. J. L.
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 2000
Decided: March 28, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist

FLORIDA v. J. L. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 2000. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 2000.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 529 U.S. 266
  • 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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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