Template talk:SCOTUSRecentCase

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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)

The SCOTUSCase or SCOTUSRecentCase transclusion is usually at start of article

Note: Use {{SCOTUSRecentCase| if you only have a Supreme Court number like 02-102, or where the x US z number does not work on Findlaw. If you have a numbered U.S. citation available on Findlaw that does work, you can use {{SCOTUSCase| instead. Parameters are similar.

First start with this template (Example usage of Lawrence v. Texas is used.) If an item should be empty, use the parameter with nothing such as Prior=| or Subsequent=|

{{SCOTUSRecentCase|Litigants=Lawrence v. Texas|

ArgueDate=March 26|

ArgueYear=2003|

DecideDate=June 26|

DecideYear=2003|

FullName=John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner v. Texas|

Case=02-102|

Citation=539 U.S. 558, 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 § 21.06(a) (2003)}}

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