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UNITED STATES v. RANDY EDWARD HAYES

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 2008
Decided: February 24, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Roberts • Antonin Scalia

UNITED STATES v. RANDY EDWARD HAYES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 2009. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 2008.

In a 7-2 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 West Virginia Northern 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: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 555 U.S. 415
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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