GARRISON S. JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA et al. (2005) - Ballotpedia

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GARRISON S. JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA et al.

Term: 2004
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 2004
Decided: February 23, 2005
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

GARRISON S. JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 2005. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 2004.

In a 6-2 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 California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 543 U.S. 499
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 liberal.

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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