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VOISINE v. UNITED STATES (2016)

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VOISINE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 2016
Decided: June 27, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Dissenting
Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

VOISINE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 2016. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 2016.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: firearms
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 686
  • 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: Elena Kagan

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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