UNITED STATES v. JOHN H. WILLIAMS, JR. (1992)

UNITED STATES v. JOHN H. WILLIAMS, JR.
	Term: 1991
Important Dates
	Argued: January 22, 1992
	Decided: May 4, 1992
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. JOHN H. WILLIAMS, JR. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1992. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1992.

In a 5-4 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 Oklahoma Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 504 U.S. 36
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: 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 conservative.