UNITED STATES v. CHRISTOPHER LEE ARMSTRONG et al. (1996)

UNITED STATES v. CHRISTOPHER LEE ARMSTRONG et al.
	Term: 1995
Important Dates
	Argued: February 26, 1996
	Decided: May 13, 1996
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. CHRISTOPHER LEE ARMSTRONG et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1996. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1996.

In an 8-1 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 California Central U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 517 U.S. 456
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: 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.