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HOMERO GONZALEZ v. UNITED STATES (2008)

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HOMERO GONZALEZ v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 2008
Decided: May 12, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Clarence Thomas

HOMERO GONZALEZ v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 12, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 2008.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 242
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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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