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TOLAN v. COTTON (2014)
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| TOLAN v. COTTON |
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| Term: 2013 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: May 5, 2014 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas |
| Concurring |
| Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia |
TOLAN v. COTTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 2014.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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 Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
- Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Texas
- Citation: 572 U.S. 650
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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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