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TERRANCE JAMAR GRAHAM v. FLORIDA

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 2009
Decided: May 17, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

TERRANCE JAMAR GRAHAM v. FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 2010. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 2009.

In a 6-3 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 Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
Petitioner: Juvenile
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 560 U.S. 48
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: Anthony Kennedy

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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