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JUAN SMITH v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN

Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 2011
Decided: January 10, 2012
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Clarence Thomas

JUAN SMITH v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 2012. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 2011.

In an 8-1 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 Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 565 U.S. 73
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 liberal.

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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