FLORIDA v. ROBERT A. THOMAS (2001)

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FLORIDA v. ROBERT A. THOMAS
Term: 2000
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 2001
Decided: June 4, 2001
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

FLORIDA v. ROBERT A. THOMAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 2001. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 2001.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2000s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 532 U.S. 774
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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