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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	JAY PRINTZ, SHERIFF/CORONER, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA v. UNITED STATES LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 27, 1997
Date Argument	December 03, 1996
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	521 U.S. 898 117 S. Ct. 2365 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4044 138 L. Ed. 2d 914
Docket	95-1478

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Montana U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact Montana
Respondent	United States

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	FEDERALISM National Supremacy: Miscellaneous INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES 18 U.S.C. § 922
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Rehnquist Scalia Kennedy regular concurrence O'Connor Thomas dissent Stevens Souter Ginsburg Breyer

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1996-095-01

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