Template talk:SCOTUSCase/old
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This is the first of several templates used to construct a Supreme Court of the U.S. decision summary box
Sample Usage: (Arguments may be blank if unknown) -- Is usually at start of article --
Note: Use this template ONLY if there is a numbered U.S. citation available on Findlaw such as 539 US 558. If you only have a Supreme Court number like 02-102, use {{SCOTUSRecentCase| instead.
First start with this template (Example usage of Lawrence v. Texas is used.)
{{SCOTUSCase|Litigants=Lawrence v. Texas|
ArgueDate=March 26|
ArgueYear=2003|
DecideDate=June 26|
DecideYear=2003|
FullName=John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner
v. Texas|
USVol=539|
USPage=558|
Citation=123 S. Ct. 2472; 156 L. Ed. 2d 508;
2003 U.S. LEXIS 5013; 71 U.S.L.W. 4574; 2003
Cal. Daily Op. Service 5559; 2003 Daily Journal
DAR 7036; 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 427|
Prior=Defendants convicted, Harris County Criminal
Court at Law; affirmed, 41 S.W.3d 349 (Tex. Ct.App. 2001);
review denied, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 04-17-02;
certiorari granted, 537 U.S. 1044 (2002)|
Subsequent=Complaint dismissed, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 9191
(Tex. App. Houston 14th Dist. Oct. 30, 2003)|
Holding=A Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy violated
the liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment of adults to
engage in private intimate conduct.}}
Next, get the Justices:
{{SCOTUS 1994-2005}}
Then describe the way they voted:
{{SCOTUSOpinionStart}}
{{SCOTUSMajority|Kennedy}}
{{SCOTUSJoin|Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer}}
{{SCOTUSConcurrence|O'Connor}}
{{SCOTUSDissent|Scalia}}
{{SCOTUSJoin|Rehnquist, Thomas}}
{{SCOTUSDissent|Thomas}}
{{SCOTUSOpinionEnd}}
Followup with final template:
{{SCOTUSLaws|U.S. Const. Amend. XIV; Tex. Penal Code ยง 21.06(a) (2003)}}

