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LUIS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 2015
Decided: March 30, 2016
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
Stephen Breyer
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy

LUIS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 2016. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 2015.

In a 5-3 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 Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 578 U.S. 5
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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.

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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