UNITED STATES v. EFRAIN SANTOS AND BENEDICTO DIAZ (2008) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. EFRAIN SANTOS AND BENEDICTO DIAZ

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: October 3, 2007
Decided: June 2, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Antonin Scalia
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts

UNITED STATES v. EFRAIN SANTOS AND BENEDICTO DIAZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 2007.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 553 U.S. 507
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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