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ALEXANDER VASQUEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES. (2012)

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ALEXANDER VASQUEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES.
Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: March 21, 2012
Decided: April 2, 2012
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

ALEXANDER VASQUEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 2, 2012. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 2012.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 566 U.S. 376
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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