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GARY KENT JONES v. LINDA K. FLOWERS, et al. (2006)
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| GARY KENT JONES v. LINDA K. FLOWERS, et al. |
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| Term: 2005 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 17, 2006 |
| Decided: April 26, 2006 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
| Dissenting |
| Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
GARY KENT JONES v. LINDA K. FLOWERS, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 2006. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 2006.
In a 5-3 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 Arkansas State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 547 U.S. 220
- 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: John Roberts
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.
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