The Oyez Project Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court Building

Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, November 6, 1991
Decision: Monday, April 6, 1992
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Confrontation, Entrapment
Categories: criminal, obscenity

Advocates

Paul J. Larkin, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
George H. Moyer, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioner)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Jacobson, 4 vote(s) against
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Wrote a dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Souter
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent
Kennedy
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Thomas
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_1124/>
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