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UNITED STATES v. GUY JEROME URSERY (1996)

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UNITED STATES v. GUY JEROME URSERY
Term: 1995
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1996
Decided: June 24, 1996
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. GUY JEROME URSERY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1996. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1996.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 518 U.S. 267
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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.

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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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