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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	UNITED STATES v. GRAYDON EARL COMSTOCK, JR., et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 17, 2010
Date Argument	January 12, 2010
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	130 S. Ct. 1949 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3879 176 L. Ed. 2d 878
Docket	08-1224

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Petitioner	United States
Respondent	involuntarily committed mental patient

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FEDERALISM National Supremacy: Miscellaneous CONSTITUTION Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 18 (necessary and proper clause)
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Ginsburg Breyer Roberts Sotomayor special concurrence Kennedy Alito dissent Scalia Thomas
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FEDERALISM National Supremacy: Miscellaneous INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES Infrequently litigated statutes
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Ginsburg Breyer Roberts Sotomayor special concurrence Kennedy Alito dissent Scalia Thomas

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2009-050-01

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