JEANNE WOODFORD, WARDEN v. ROBERT FREDERICK GARCEAU (2003) - Ballotpedia

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JEANNE WOODFORD, WARDEN v. ROBERT FREDERICK GARCEAU

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 2003
Decided: March 25, 2003
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter

JEANNE WOODFORD, WARDEN v. ROBERT FREDERICK GARCEAU is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 2003. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 2003.

In a 6-3 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 202
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: 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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