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ALBERT SNYDER, PETITIONER v. FRED W. PHELPS, SR., et al.

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: October 6, 2010
Decided: March 2, 2011
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer
Dissenting
Samuel Alito

ALBERT SNYDER, PETITIONER v. FRED W. PHELPS, SR., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 2011. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 2010.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
Petitioner: Father
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Religious organization, institution, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 562 U.S. 443
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: John Roberts

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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