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KEITH LAVON BURGESS v. UNITED STATES (2008)

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KEITH LAVON BURGESS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 2008
Decided: April 16, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

KEITH LAVON BURGESS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 2008. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 2008.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 124
  • 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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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