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ARIZONA v. RODNEY JOSEPH GANT (2009)

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ARIZONA v. RODNEY JOSEPH GANT
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 2008
Decided: April 21, 2009
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts

ARIZONA v. RODNEY JOSEPH GANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 2009. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 2008.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 556 U.S. 332
  • 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 Paul Stevens

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.

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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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