UNITED STATES v. ONE ASSORTMENT OF 89 FIREARMS (1984) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. ONE ASSORTMENT OF 89 FIREARMS

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 1983
Decided: February 22, 1984
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. ONE ASSORTMENT OF 89 FIREARMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1984. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1983.

In a 9-0 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 South Carolina 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 465 U.S. 354
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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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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