KESHIA CHERIE ASHFORD DIXON v. UNITED STATES (2006)

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KESHIA CHERIE ASHFORD DIXON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 2006
Decided: June 22, 2006
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • David Souter

KESHIA CHERIE ASHFORD DIXON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 2006. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 2006.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 548 U.S. 1
  • 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 Paul Stevens

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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