KELLY HARRINGTON, WARDEN, PETITIONER, v. JOSHUA RICHTER (2011) - Ballotpedia

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KELLY HARRINGTON, WARDEN, PETITIONER, v. JOSHUA RICHTER

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 2010
Decided: January 19, 2011
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

KELLY HARRINGTON, WARDEN, PETITIONER, v. JOSHUA RICHTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 2011. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 2010.

In an 8-0 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 562 U.S. 86
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: Anthony Kennedy

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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