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GARY ALBERT EWING v. CALIFORNIA

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 2002
Decided: March 5, 2003
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

GARY ALBERT EWING v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 2003. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 2002.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 538 U.S. 11
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment 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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