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E. K. MCDANIEL, WARDEN, et al. v. TROY BROWN (2010)

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E. K. MCDANIEL, WARDEN, et al. v. TROY BROWN
Term: 2009
Important Dates
Decided: January 11, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

E. K. MCDANIEL, WARDEN, et al. v. TROY BROWN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 2010.

In a 9-0 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 Nevada U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Nevada
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 558 U.S. 120
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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