GONZALEZ v. CROSBY (2005)
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| GONZALEZ v. CROSBY |
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| Term: 2004 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 25, 2005 |
| Decided: June 23, 2005 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
| Concurring |
| Stephen Breyer |
| Dissenting |
| David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
GONZALEZ v. CROSBY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2005. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 2005.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
- Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Florida
- Citation: 545 U.S. 524
- 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: Antonin Scalia
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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