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UNITED STATES v. GINO RODRIQUEZ

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 2008
Decided: May 19, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. GINO RODRIQUEZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 2008.

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 Washington Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 553 U.S. 377
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: Samuel Alito

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.

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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