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FREDEL WILLIAMSON v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1994
Decided: June 27, 1994
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

FREDEL WILLIAMSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1994. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1994.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 512 U.S. 594
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.

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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