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SOUTHERN UNION CO. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: March 19, 2012
Decided: June 21, 2012
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy

SOUTHERN UNION CO. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 2012. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 2012.

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 Rhode Island U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: Distributor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 567 U.S. 343
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: Sonia Sotomayor

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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