REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA et al. v. ALTMANN (2004) - Ballotpedia

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REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA et al. v. ALTMANN

Term: 2003
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 2004
Decided: June 7, 2004
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA et al. v. ALTMANN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 2004. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 2004.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
Petitioner: Foreign nation or instrumentality
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 541 U.S. 677
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: John Paul Stevens

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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