UNITED STATES v. FRANCISCO JIMENEZ RECIO AND ADRIAN LOPEZ-MEZA (2003)

UNITED STATES v. FRANCISCO JIMENEZ RECIO AND ADRIAN LOPEZ-MEZA
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: November 12, 2002
	Decided: January 21, 2003
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. FRANCISCO JIMENEZ RECIO AND ADRIAN LOPEZ-MEZA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 2003. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 2002.

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 Idaho U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: conspiracy (cf. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: conspiracy)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 537 U.S. 270
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: Stephen Breyer

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.