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JOHN MARSHALL, WARDEN v. OTIS LEE RODGERS (2013)

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JOHN MARSHALL, WARDEN v. OTIS LEE RODGERS |
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Term: 2012 |
Important Dates |
Decided: April 1, 2013 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas |
JOHN MARSHALL, WARDEN v. OTIS LEE RODGERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 2013.
In a 9-0 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 Central U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: appointment of counsel (cf. right to counsel)
- Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Petitioner state: California
- Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 569 U.S. 58
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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