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MATHIS v. UNITED STATES (2016)

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MATHIS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 2016
Decided: June 23, 2016
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MATHIS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2016. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 2016.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: firearms
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 500
  • 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: Elena Kagan

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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