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HARVEY LEROY SOSSAMON, III, PETITIONER v. TEXAS et al.

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 2010
Decided: April 20, 2011
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Sonia Sotomayor

HARVEY LEROY SOSSAMON, III, PETITIONER v. TEXAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 2011. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 2010.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 563 U.S. 277
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: 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.

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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