PAUL GREGORY HOUSE v. RICKY BELL, WARDEN (2006) - Ballotpedia

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PAUL GREGORY HOUSE v. RICKY BELL, WARDEN

Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 2006
Decided: June 12, 2006
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

PAUL GREGORY HOUSE v. RICKY BELL, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 2006. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 2006.

In a 5-3 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 Tennessee Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 547 U.S. 518
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: Anthony Kennedy

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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