PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE v. KEITH M. SCOTT (1998)

PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE v. KEITH M. SCOTT
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: March 30, 1998
	Decided: June 22, 1998
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE v. KEITH M. SCOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1998. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1998.

In a 5-4 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 Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Probationer, or parolee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 524 U.S. 357
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: Clarence Thomas

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.