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WYOMING v. SANDRA HOUGHTON (1999)

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WYOMING v. SANDRA HOUGHTON
Term: 1998
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1999
Decided: April 5, 1999
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

WYOMING v. SANDRA HOUGHTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1999. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1999.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Wyoming
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 526 U.S. 295
  • 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: 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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