ROBERT WONG, WARDEN v. FERNANDO BELMONTES, JR. (2009)

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ROBERT WONG, WARDEN v. FERNANDO BELMONTES, JR.
Term: 2009
Important Dates
Decided: November 16, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
John Paul Stevens

ROBERT WONG, WARDEN v. FERNANDO BELMONTES, JR. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 2009.

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 California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: inadequate representation by counsel (cf. right to counsel)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 558 U.S. 15
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • 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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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