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RODRIGUEZ v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 2015
Decided: April 21, 2015
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • Clarence Thomas

RODRIGUEZ v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 2015. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 2015.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 575 U.S. 348
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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