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UNITED STATES v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS (2008)

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UNITED STATES v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 2007
Decided: May 19, 2008
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter

UNITED STATES v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 2007.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Obscenity, federal
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 285
  • 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: 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.

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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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