WILLIAM FIORE v. GREGORY WHITE, WARDEN, et al. (1999)
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| WILLIAM FIORE v. GREGORY WHITE, WARDEN, et al. |
|---|
| Term: 1999 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 12, 1999 |
| Decided: November 30, 1999 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
WILLIAM FIORE v. GREGORY WHITE, WARDEN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1999. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1999.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Pennsylvania
- Citation: 528 U.S. 23
- 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: 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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