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RODRIGUEZ v. UNITED STATES (1987)

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RODRIGUEZ v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Decided: March 23, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
William BrennanSandra Day O'ConnorLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaJohn Paul StevensByron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

RODRIGUEZ v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1987.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 480 U.S. 522
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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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