Supreme Court of the United States
Kimbrough v. United States
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- Dec. 10, 2007
- Case
- Kimbrough v. United States
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Alito, dissenting. For the reasons explained in my dissent in Gall v. United States, ante, p. 61, I would hold that, under the remedial decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U. S. 220, 258-265 (2005), a district judge is still required to give significant weight to the policy decisions embodied in the Federal Sentencin…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dec. 10, 2007 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | Dec. 10, 2007 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | Dec. 10, 2007 |