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TEXAS v. UNITED STATES et al. (1998)

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TEXAS v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1998
Decided: March 31, 1998
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

TEXAS v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1998. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1998.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: live dispute
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 523 U.S. 296
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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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