SHAKUR MUHAMMAD, AKA JOHN E. MEASE v. MARK CLOSE (2004)

SHAKUR MUHAMMAD, AKA JOHN E. MEASE v. MARK CLOSE
	Term: 2003
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 2003
	Decided: February 25, 2004
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

SHAKUR MUHAMMAD, AKA JOHN E. MEASE v. MARK CLOSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 2004. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 2003.

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 Michigan Eastern 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: Michigan
Citation: 540 U.S. 749
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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