ABDUS-SHAHID M. S. ALI v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS ET AL (2008)

ABDUS-SHAHID M. S. ALI v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS ET AL
	Term: 2007
Important Dates
	Argued: October 29, 2007
	Decided: January 22, 2008
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

ABDUS-SHAHID M. S. ALI v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS ET AL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 2007.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 552 U.S. 214
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.