MICHAEL A. KNOWLES, WARDEN v. ALEXANDRE MIRZAYANCE (2009) - Ballotpedia

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MICHAEL A. KNOWLES, WARDEN v. ALEXANDRE MIRZAYANCE

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 2009
Decided: March 24, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

MICHAEL A. KNOWLES, WARDEN v. ALEXANDRE MIRZAYANCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 2009. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 2009.

In a 9-0 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: inadequate representation by counsel (cf. right to counsel)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 556 U.S. 111
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: Clarence Thomas

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.

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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