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ILLINOIS v. WILLIAM AKA SAM WARDLOW

Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 1999
Decided: January 12, 2000
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

ILLINOIS v. WILLIAM AKA SAM WARDLOW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 2000. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1999.

In a 5-4 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 Illinois State Trial 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: State
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 528 U.S. 119
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: William Rehnquist

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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