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MATTHEW ROBERT DESCAMPS, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 2013
Decided: June 20, 2013
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito

MATTHEW ROBERT DESCAMPS, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 2013. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 2013.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 570 U.S. 254
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.

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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