GEORGE SMITH, WARDEN v. LEE ROBBINS (2000)

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GEORGE SMITH, WARDEN v. LEE ROBBINS
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: October 5, 1999
Decided: January 19, 2000
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

GEORGE SMITH, WARDEN v. LEE ROBBINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 2000. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1999.

In a 5-4 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 - indigents: appointment of counsel (cf. right to counsel)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 528 U.S. 259
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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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