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MARIO SALINAS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: October 8, 1997
Decided: December 2, 1997
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

MARIO SALINAS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1997. The case was argued before the court on October 8, 1997.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 522 U.S. 52
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: Anthony Kennedy

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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