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HAROLD RAY WADE v. UNITED STATES (1992)

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HAROLD RAY WADE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1992
Decided: May 18, 1992
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White

HAROLD RAY WADE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1992. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1992.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 504 U.S. 181
  • 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: David Souter

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.

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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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