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UNITED STATES v. GRAYDON EARL COMSTOCK, JR., et al.

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 2010
Decided: May 17, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. GRAYDON EARL COMSTOCK, JR., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 2010. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 2010.

In a 7-2 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 North Carolina Eastern 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: Involuntarily committed mental patient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 560 U.S. 126
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: 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 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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