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MCDONNELL v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 2016
Decided: June 27, 2016
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

MCDONNELL v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 2016. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 2016.

In an 8-0 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 Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 579 U.S. 550
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: John Roberts

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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