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PUERTO RICO v. SANCHEZ VALLE (2016)

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PUERTO RICO v. SANCHEZ VALLE
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 2016
Decided: June 9, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Sonia Sotomayor

PUERTO RICO v. SANCHEZ VALLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2016. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 2016.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico Territorial Appellate Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Puerto Rico
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 59
  • 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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