Template talk:SCOTUSCase/old

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Supreme Court of the United States

Argued {{{ArgueDate}}}, {{{ArgueYear}}}

Decided {{{DecideDate}}}, {{{DecideYear}}}

Full case name:	{{{FullName}}}
Citations:	[[List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume {{{USVol}}}\|{{{USVol}}}]] U.S. {{{USPage}}} ({{{DecideYear}}}); {{{Citation}}}
Prior history:	{{{Prior}}}
Subsequent history:	{{{Subsequent}}}

Holding

{{{Holding}}}

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 § 21.06(a) (2003)}}

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