DONALD BULLCOMING, PETITIONER v. NEW MEXICO (2011) - Ballotpedia

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DONALD BULLCOMING, PETITIONER v. NEW MEXICO

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 2011
Decided: June 23, 2011
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts

DONALD BULLCOMING, PETITIONER v. NEW MEXICO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2011. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 2011.

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 New Mexico State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New Mexico
Citation: 564 U.S. 647
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.

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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