NEVADA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, PETITIONER v. MICHAEL A. CARRIGAN (2011) - Ballotpedia

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NEVADA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, PETITIONER v. MICHAEL A. CARRIGAN

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 2011
Decided: June 13, 2011
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy

NEVADA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, PETITIONER v. MICHAEL A. CARRIGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 2011. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 2011.

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 Nevada State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Nevada
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Nevada
Citation: 564 U.S. 117
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: Antonin Scalia

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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