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HOLT v. HOBBS (2015)

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HOLT v. HOBBS
Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 2014
Decided: January 20, 2015
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

HOLT v. HOBBS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 2015. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 2014.

In a 9-0 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Arkansas
  • Citation: 574 U.S. 352
  • 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 liberal.

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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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