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UNITED STATES v. FREDDIE J. BOOKER (2005)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. FREDDIE J. BOOKER
Term: 2004
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 2004
Decided: January 12, 2005
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. FREDDIE J. BOOKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 2005. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 2004.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 543 U.S. 220
  • 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: Stephen Breyer

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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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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