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JOSE ERNESTO MEDELLIN v. TEXAS (2008)

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JOSE ERNESTO MEDELLIN v. TEXAS
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 2007
Decided: March 25, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter

JOSE ERNESTO MEDELLIN v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 2007.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 552 U.S. 491
  • 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: John Roberts

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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