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MICHAEL A. WATSON v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 2007
Decided: December 10, 2007
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MICHAEL A. WATSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 2007. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 2007.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 552 U.S. 74
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: David Souter

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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