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WILLIAM JOSEPH HARRIS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 2002
Decided: June 24, 2002
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

WILLIAM JOSEPH HARRIS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2002. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 536 U.S. 545
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: 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 conservative.

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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