UNITED STATES v. BROCE et al. (1989)

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UNITED STATES v. BROCE et al.
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 1988
Decided: January 23, 1989
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

UNITED STATES v. BROCE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1989. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1988.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 488 U.S. 563
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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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