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MARCUS A. WELLONS v. HILTON HALL, WARDEN

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Decided: January 19, 2010
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

MARCUS A. WELLONS v. HILTON HALL, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 2010.

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 Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 558 U.S. 220
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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