FLORIDA v. TYVESSEL TYVORUS WHITE (1999) - Ballotpedia

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FLORIDA v. TYVESSEL TYVORUS WHITE

Term: 1998
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1999
Decided: May 17, 1999
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • David Souter
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

FLORIDA v. TYVESSEL TYVORUS WHITE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1999. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1999.

In a 7-2 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 Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 526 U.S. 559
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: Clarence Thomas

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

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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