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CALIFORNIA et al. v. KENNETH DUANE ROY (1996)

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CALIFORNIA et al. v. KENNETH DUANE ROY
Term: 1996
Important Dates
Decided: November 4, 1996
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia

CALIFORNIA et al. v. KENNETH DUANE ROY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 4, 1996.

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 California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 519 U.S. 2
  • 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 conservative.

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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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