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UNITED STATES v. APEL (2014)

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UNITED STATES v. APEL
Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 2013
Decided: February 26, 2014
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

UNITED STATES v. APEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 2014. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 2013.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 571 U.S. 359
  • 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: John Roberts

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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