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AVRON J. ARAVE, WARDEN v. MAXWELL HOFFMAN (2008)

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AVRON J. ARAVE, WARDEN v. MAXWELL HOFFMAN
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Decided: January 7, 2008
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

AVRON J. ARAVE, WARDEN v. MAXWELL HOFFMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 2008.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Idaho U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Idaho
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 552 U.S. 117
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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