KINGSLEY v. HENDRICKSON (2015)

KINGSLEY v. HENDRICKSON
	Term: 2014
Important Dates
	Argued: April 27, 2015
	Decided: June 22, 2015
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
	Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

KINGSLEY v. HENDRICKSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 2015. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 2015.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wisconsin Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 576 U.S. 389
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: Stephen Breyer

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.