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Williamson v. United States

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John F. Manning (on behalf of the Respondent)
Benjamin S. Waxman (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
93-5256
Petitioner: 
Williamson
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1993-1994)
Opinion: 
512 U.S. 594 (1994)
Argued: 
Monday, April 25, 1994
Decided: 
Monday, June 27, 1994
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

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The Oyez Project, Williamson v. United States , 512 U.S. 594 (1994)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1993/1993_93_5256)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Williamson, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Rules of Evidence

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Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's concurrence
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's concurrence
Stevens
Wrote the majority opinion
O'Connor
Wrote a regular concurrence
Scalia
Wrote a special concurrence
Kennedy
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's concurrence
Souter
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's concurrence
Thomas
Wrote a regular concurrence
Ginsburg

Full Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor