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UNITED STATES v. TAYLOR (1988)

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UNITED STATES v. TAYLOR
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1988
Decided: June 24, 1988
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. TAYLOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1988. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1988.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Speedy trial
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 487 U.S. 326
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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