TIMOTHY STUART RING v. ARIZONA (2002)

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TIMOTHY STUART RING v. ARIZONA
Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 2002
Decided: June 24, 2002
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

TIMOTHY STUART RING v. ARIZONA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2002. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 2002.

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 Arizona State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 536 U.S. 584
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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