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ALLEN SNYDER v. LOUISIANA

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 2007
Decided: March 19, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

ALLEN SNYDER v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 2008. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 2007.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 552 U.S. 472
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: Samuel Alito

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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