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MICHIGAN, PETITIONER v. RICHARD PERRY BRYANT

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: October 5, 2010
Decided: February 28, 2011
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia

MICHIGAN, PETITIONER v. RICHARD PERRY BRYANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 2011. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 2010.

In a 6-2 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 Michigan State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 562 U.S. 344
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: Sonia Sotomayor

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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