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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)}}