MICHELLE ORITZ, PETITIONER v. PAULA JORDAN et al. (2011)

MICHELLE ORITZ, PETITIONER v. PAULA JORDAN et al.
	Term: 2010
Important Dates
	Argued: November 1, 2010
	Decided: January 24, 2011
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

MICHELLE ORITZ, PETITIONER v. PAULA JORDAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 2011. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 2010.

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 Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 562 U.S. 180
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.