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NEW MEXICO, ex rel. MANUEL ORTIZ v. TIMOTHY REED (1998)

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NEW MEXICO, ex rel. MANUEL ORTIZ v. TIMOTHY REED
Term: 1997
Important Dates
Decided: June 8, 1998
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen BreyerRuth Bader GinsburgAnthony KennedySandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaDavid SouterJohn Paul StevensClarence Thomas

NEW MEXICO, ex rel. MANUEL ORTIZ v. TIMOTHY REED is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1998.

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 New Mexico State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: fugitive from justice
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New Mexico
  • Respondent type: Probationer, or parolee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 524 U.S. 151
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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