UNITED STATES v. THOMAS O. ROBINSON, JR. (1988) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. THOMAS O. ROBINSON, JR.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 1987
Decided: February 24, 1988
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

UNITED STATES v. THOMAS O. ROBINSON, JR. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1988. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1987.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 485 U.S. 25
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: William Rehnquist

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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