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HEIEN v. NORTH CAROLINA (2014)

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HEIEN v. NORTH CAROLINA
Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: October 6, 2014
Decided: December 15, 2014
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan
Dissenting
Sonia Sotomayor

HEIEN v. NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 2014. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 2014.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: North Carolina
  • Citation: 574 U.S. 54
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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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