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ROBERS v. UNITED STATES (2014)

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ROBERS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 2014
Decided: May 5, 2014
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

ROBERS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 2014. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 2014.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2010s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Roberts Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 572 U.S. 639
  • 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: Stephen Breyer

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.

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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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