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LINDA METRISH, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. BURT LANCASTER (2013)

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LINDA METRISH, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. BURT LANCASTER
Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 2013
Decided: May 20, 2013
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

LINDA METRISH, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. BURT LANCASTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 2013. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 2013.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Michigan
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 569 U.S. 351
  • 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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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