UNITED STATES v. CHRISTOPHER DRAYTON AND CLIFTON BROWN, JR. (2002)

UNITED STATES v. CHRISTOPHER DRAYTON AND CLIFTON BROWN, JR.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: April 16, 2002
	Decided: June 17, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. CHRISTOPHER DRAYTON AND CLIFTON BROWN, JR. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 2002. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 2002.

In a 6-3 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 Florida Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 536 U.S. 194
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.