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EDWARD NATHANIEL BELL v. LORETTA K. KELLY, WARDEN (2008)

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EDWARD NATHANIEL BELL v. LORETTA K. KELLY, WARDEN
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 2008
Decided: November 17, 2008
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

EDWARD NATHANIEL BELL v. LORETTA K. KELLY, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 2008. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 2008.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 555 U.S. 55
  • 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 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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