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TERRY LYNN STINSON v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1993
Decided: May 3, 1993
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White

TERRY LYNN STINSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1993. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1993.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 508 U.S. 36
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 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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