DON ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. WILLIAM WEAVER (2007)

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DON ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. WILLIAM WEAVER
Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: March 21, 2007
Decided: May 21, 2007
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
John Roberts
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

DON ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. WILLIAM WEAVER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 2007. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 2007.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 550 U.S. 598
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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