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MEDELLIN v. TEXAS (2008)

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MEDELLIN v. TEXAS
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Decided: August 5, 2008
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

MEDELLIN v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 5, 2008.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 554 U.S. 759
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Stay
  • 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 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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