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BILLY JOE MAGWOOD v. TONY PATTERSON, WARDEN, et al. (2010)
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| BILLY JOE MAGWOOD v. TONY PATTERSON, WARDEN, et al. |
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| Term: 2009 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 24, 2010 |
| Decided: June 24, 2010 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
| Concurring |
| Stephen Breyer • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens |
| Dissenting |
| Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts |
BILLY JOE MAGWOOD v. TONY PATTERSON, WARDEN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2010. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 2010.
In a 5-4 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 Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Alabama
- Citation: 561 U.S. 320
- 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: Clarence Thomas
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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