STEPHEN DANFORTH v. MINNESOTA (2008)

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STEPHEN DANFORTH v. MINNESOTA
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 2007
Decided: February 20, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts

STEPHEN DANFORTH v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 2007.

In a 7-2 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 Minnesota State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Minnesota
  • Citation: 552 U.S. 264
  • 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: 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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