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TIMOTHY SCOTT v. VICTOR HARRIS (2007)

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TIMOTHY SCOTT v. VICTOR HARRIS
Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 2007
Decided: April 30, 2007
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

TIMOTHY SCOTT v. VICTOR HARRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 2007. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 2007.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Georgia
  • Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 550 U.S. 372
  • 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: 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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