GERALD DEVENPECK, et al. v. JEROME ANTHONY ALFORD (2004)

GERALD DEVENPECK, et al. v. JEROME ANTHONY ALFORD
	Term: 2004
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 2004
	Decided: December 13, 2004
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

GERALD DEVENPECK, et al. v. JEROME ANTHONY ALFORD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 2004. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 2004.

In an 8-0 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 Washington Western U.S. District 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: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 543 U.S. 146
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: Antonin Scalia

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.