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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	UNITED STATES v. ROBERT J. STEVENS LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	April 20, 2010
Date Argument	October 06, 2009
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	130 S. Ct. 1577 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3478 176 L. Ed. 2d 435
Docket	08-769

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Petitioner	United States
Respondent	person convicted of crime

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES Infrequently litigated statutes
Vote Coalition	8 - 1
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Roberts Sotomayor dissent Alito
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
Vote Coalition	8 - 1
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Roberts Sotomayor dissent Alito

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2009-047-01

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