ROBERT L. MCCORMICK v. UNITED STATES (1991)

ROBERT L. MCCORMICK v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1991
	Decided: May 23, 1991
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

ROBERT L. MCCORMICK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1991. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1991.

In a 6-3 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 West Virginia Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: West Virginia
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 500 U.S. 257
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: Byron White

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.