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UNITED STATES v. ABEL (1984)

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UNITED STATES v. ABEL
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 1984
Decided: December 10, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallSandra Day O'ConnorLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul StevensByron White

UNITED STATES v. ABEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1984. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 469 U.S. 45
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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