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WILLIAM FREEMAN v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 2011
Decided: June 23, 2011
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Anthony Kennedy
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan
Concurring
Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

WILLIAM FREEMAN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2011. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 2011.

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 Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 564 U.S. 522
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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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