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ERIC MICHAEL CLARK v. ARIZONA (2006)

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ERIC MICHAEL CLARK v. ARIZONA
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 2006
Decided: June 29, 2006
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Paul Stevens

ERIC MICHAEL CLARK v. ARIZONA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2006. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 2006.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 548 U.S. 735
  • 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: David Souter

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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