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WILLIAM FIORE v. GREGORY WHITE, WARDEN, et al. (2001)

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WILLIAM FIORE v. GREGORY WHITE, WARDEN, et al.
Term: 2000
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1999
Decided: January 9, 2001
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen BreyerRuth Bader GinsburgAnthony KennedySandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaDavid SouterJohn Paul StevensClarence Thomas

WILLIAM FIORE v. GREGORY WHITE, WARDEN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 2001. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1999.

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 Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 531 U.S. 225
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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