SCOTT LESLIE CARMELL v. TEXAS (2000)

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SCOTT LESLIE CARMELL v. TEXAS
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 1999
Decided: May 1, 2000
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

SCOTT LESLIE CARMELL v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 2000. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1999.

In a 5-4 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 Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miscellaneous criminal procedure (cf. due process, prisoners' rights, comity: criminal procedure)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 529 U.S. 513
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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