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DANIEL COLEMAN, PETITIONER v. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND et al.

Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 2012
Decided: March 20, 2012
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

DANIEL COLEMAN, PETITIONER v. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 2012. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 2012.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: marital and family relationships and property, including obligation of child support
Petitioner: Retired or former governmental employee
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 566 U.S. 30
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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