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WHITE v. WOODALL (2014)

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WHITE v. WOODALL
Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 2013
Decided: April 23, 2014
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

WHITE v. WOODALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 2014. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 2013.

In a 6-3 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 Kentucky Western 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: State
  • Petitioner state: Kentucky
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 572 U.S. 415
  • 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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