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UNITED STATES v. MECHANIK et al.

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 1985
Decided: February 25, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
8-1
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

UNITED STATES v. MECHANIK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1986. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1985.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 475 U.S. 66
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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