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JAY SHAWN JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA

Term: 2004
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 2005
Decided: June 13, 2005
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Stephen Breyer
Dissenting
Clarence Thomas

JAY SHAWN JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 2005. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 2005.

In an 8-1 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 California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 545 U.S. 162
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: John Paul Stevens

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.

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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