TIMOTHY MARK CAMERON ABBOTT v. JACQUELYN VAYE ABBOTT (2010) - Ballotpedia

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TIMOTHY MARK CAMERON ABBOTT v. JACQUELYN VAYE ABBOTT

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 2010
Decided: May 17, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

TIMOTHY MARK CAMERON ABBOTT v. JACQUELYN VAYE ABBOTT 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 January 12, 2010.

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 Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
Petitioner: Father
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mother
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 560 U.S. 1
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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