Home › Cases › 1990-1999 › 1991 › Doggett v. United States ›

Doggett v. United States

Media Items
Oral Argument
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Opinion Announcement
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Oral Reargument
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Advocates
Robert S. Mueller, III (on behalf of the Respondent)
William J. Sheppard (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
90-857
Petitioner: 
Doggett
Respondent: 
United States
Heard By: 
Rehnquist Court (1991)
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1991-1993)
Opinion: 
505 U.S. 647 (1992)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 9, 1991
Reargued: 
Monday, February 24, 1992
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 24, 1992
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Speedy Trial

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Doggett v. United States , 505 U.S. 647 (1992)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_857)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Doggett, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Speedy Trial

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the minority, joined Thomas' dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Wrote a dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the minority, joined Thomas' dissent
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Wrote the majority opinion
Souter
Wrote a dissent
Thomas

Full Opinion by Justice David H. Souter