TOM L. CAREY, WARDEN v. TONY EUGENE SAFFOLD (2002) - Ballotpedia

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TOM L. CAREY, WARDEN v. TONY EUGENE SAFFOLD

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 2002
Decided: June 17, 2002
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

TOM L. CAREY, WARDEN v. TONY EUGENE SAFFOLD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 2002. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 2002.

In a 5-4 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 California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 536 U.S. 214
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: Stephen Breyer

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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External links

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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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