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THOMAS BRAXTON v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: March 18, 1991
Decided: May 28, 1991
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

THOMAS BRAXTON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1991. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1991.

In a 9-0 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 500 U.S. 344
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: 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 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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