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JONATHAN EDWARD BOYER, PETITIONER v. LOUISIANA (2013)

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JONATHAN EDWARD BOYER, PETITIONER v. LOUISIANA
Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 2013
Decided: April 29, 2013
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

JONATHAN EDWARD BOYER, PETITIONER v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 2013. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 2013.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Indigent defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 569 U.S. 238
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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.

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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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