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STEPHEN DANFORTH v. MINNESOTA (2008)

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STEPHEN DANFORTH v. MINNESOTA |
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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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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