ARKANSAS v. KENNETH ANDREW SULLIVAN (2001)

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ARKANSAS v. KENNETH ANDREW SULLIVAN
Term: 2000
Important Dates
Decided: May 29, 2001
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

ARKANSAS v. KENNETH ANDREW SULLIVAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 2001.

In a 9-0 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 Arkansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - miscellaneous federalism
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arkansas
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 532 U.S. 769
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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 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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