ERNEST C. ROE, WARDEN v. LUCIO FLORES-ORTEGA (2000) - Ballotpedia

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ERNEST C. ROE, WARDEN v. LUCIO FLORES-ORTEGA

Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1999
Decided: February 23, 2000
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

ERNEST C. ROE, WARDEN v. LUCIO FLORES-ORTEGA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 2000. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1999.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 528 U.S. 470
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.

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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