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WILLIAM MCNEIL v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1993
Decided: May 17, 1993
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

WILLIAM MCNEIL v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1993. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1993.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 508 U.S. 106
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: John Paul Stevens

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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