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UNITED STATES v. GEORGIA et al. (2006)

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UNITED STATES v. GEORGIA et al.
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 2005
Decided: January 10, 2006
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. GEORGIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 2006. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 2005.

In a 9-0 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 Georgia Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 546 U.S. 151
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion 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.

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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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