ROTHGERY v. GILLESPIE COUNTY (2008)

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ROTHGERY v. GILLESPIE COUNTY
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: March 17, 2008
Decided: June 23, 2008
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Clarence Thomas

ROTHGERY v. GILLESPIE COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2008. The case was argued before the court on March 17, 2008.

In an 8-1 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 Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: appointment of counsel (cf. right to counsel)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 554 U.S. 191
  • 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: David Souter

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.

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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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