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GLOSSIP v. GROSS (2015)
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| GLOSSIP v. GROSS |
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| Term: 2014 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 29, 2015 |
| Decided: June 29, 2015 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts |
| Concurring |
| Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
| Dissenting |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor |
GLOSSIP v. GROSS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2015. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 2015.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Oklahoma
- Citation: 576 U.S. 863
- 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: Samuel Alito
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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