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JOHN L. CHEEK v. UNITED STATES (1991)

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JOHN L. CHEEK v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: October 3, 1990
Decided: January 8, 1991
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall

JOHN L. CHEEK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1991. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 1990.

In a 6-2 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 Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: internal revenue (cf. Federal Taxation)
  • Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 498 U.S. 192
  • 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: Byron White

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.

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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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