VIRGINIA v. DAVID LEE MOORE (2008)

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VIRGINIA v. DAVID LEE MOORE
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 2008
Decided: April 23, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

VIRGINIA v. DAVID LEE MOORE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 2008.

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 Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Virginia
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 164
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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