LUIS E. MELENDEZ-DIAZ v. MASSACHUSETTS (2009) - Ballotpedia

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LUIS E. MELENDEZ-DIAZ v. MASSACHUSETTS

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 2008
Decided: June 25, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts

LUIS E. MELENDEZ-DIAZ v. MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2009. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 2008.

In a 5-4 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 Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 557 U.S. 305
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: Antonin Scalia

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.

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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