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UNITED STATES v. MARTIN O'BRIEN AND ARTHUR BURGESS (2010)

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UNITED STATES v. MARTIN O'BRIEN AND ARTHUR BURGESS
Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 2010
Decided: May 24, 2010
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. MARTIN O'BRIEN AND ARTHUR BURGESS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 2010. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 2010.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: firearms
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 560 U.S. 218
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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.

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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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