VICTOR A. RITA v. UNITED STATES (2007)

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VICTOR A. RITA v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 2007
Decided: June 21, 2007
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
David Souter

VICTOR A. RITA v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 2007. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 2007.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 551 U.S. 338
  • 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: Stephen Breyer

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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