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MICHAEL D. TURNER, PETITIONER v. REBECCA L. ROGERS et al.

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 2011
Decided: June 20, 2011
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

MICHAEL D. TURNER, PETITIONER v. REBECCA L. ROGERS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 2011. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 2011.

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 South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
Petitioner: Father
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mother
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 564 U.S. 431
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 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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