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SYLVESTER MOSLEY v. UNITED STATES (1998)

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SYLVESTER MOSLEY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1998
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1998
Decided: December 8, 1998
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

SYLVESTER MOSLEY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1998. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1998.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 525 U.S. 120
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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