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Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9 (1991)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9 (1991)
JUSTICE SCALIA, with whom JUSTICE KENNEDY joins, dissenting.
A summary reversal . . . is a rare and exceptional disposition, "usually reserved by this Court for situations in which the law is well settled and stable, the facts are not in dispute, and the decision below is clearly in error."
Stern, Gressman & Shapiro, Supreme Court Practice 281 (6th ed.1986) (quoting Schweiker v. Hansen, 450 U.S. 785, 791 (1981) (Marshall, J., dissenting)). As JUSTICE STEVENS’ dissent amply demonstrates, the decision here reversed is, at a minimum, not clearly in error.
I frankly am unsure whether the Court’s disposition or JUSTICE STEVENS’ favored disposition is correct; but I am sure that, if we are to decide this case, we should not do so without briefing and argument. In my view, we should not decide it at all; the factual situation it presents is so extraordinary that it does not warrant the expenditure of our time. I would have denied the petition for writ of certiorari.
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Scalia, "Scalia, J., Dissenting," Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9 (1991) in 502 U.S. 9 Original Sources, accessed July 5, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4VJQ2GI3RA9YRVV.
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Scalia. "Scalia, J., Dissenting." Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9 (1991), in 502 U.S. 9, Original Sources. 5 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4VJQ2GI3RA9YRVV.
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Scalia, 'Scalia, J., Dissenting' in Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9 (1991). cited in 1991, 502 U.S. 9. Original Sources, retrieved 5 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4VJQ2GI3RA9YRVV.
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