WALDEMAR RATZLAF AND LORETTA RATZLAF v. UNITED STATES (1994) - Ballotpedia

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WALDEMAR RATZLAF AND LORETTA RATZLAF v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1993
Decided: January 11, 1994
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

WALDEMAR RATZLAF AND LORETTA RATZLAF v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1994. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1993.

In a 5-4 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 Nevada U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: internal revenue (cf. Federal Taxation)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 510 U.S. 135
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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 liberal.

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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