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UNITED STATES v. JUAN PAUL ROBERTSON

Term: 1994
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1995
Decided: May 1, 1995
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. JUAN PAUL ROBERTSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 1995. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1995.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 514 U.S. 669
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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