JILL L. BROWN, WARDEN v. RONALD L. SANDERS (2006) - Ballotpedia

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JILL L. BROWN, WARDEN v. RONALD L. SANDERS

Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 2005
Decided: January 11, 2006
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

JILL L. BROWN, WARDEN v. RONALD L. SANDERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 2006. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 2005.

In a 5-4 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 - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 546 U.S. 212
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: Antonin Scalia

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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