ROSS v. BLAKE (2016)
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| ROSS v. BLAKE |
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| Term: 2015 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 29, 2016 |
| Decided: June 6, 2016 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor |
| Concurring |
| Stephen Breyer • Clarence Thomas |
ROSS v. BLAKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 2016. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 2016.
In an 8-0 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
- Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Maryland
- Citation: 578 U.S. 632
- 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: Elena Kagan
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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