JAMES LOCKHART v. UNITED STATES et al. (2005)

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JAMES LOCKHART v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 2005
Decided: December 7, 2005
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Antonin Scalia

JAMES LOCKHART v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 7, 2005. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 2005.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
  • Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 546 U.S. 142
  • 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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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