LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PETITIONER v. CRAIG ARTHUR HUMPHRIES et al. (2010)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PETITIONER v. CRAIG ARTHUR HUMPHRIES et al.
	Term: 2010
Important Dates
	Argued: October 5, 2010
	Decided: November 30, 2010
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

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PETITIONER v. CRAIG ARTHUR HUMPHRIES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 2010. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 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 Central 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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Parent or parents
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 562 U.S. 29
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 conservative.