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UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JASON LOUIS TINKLENBERG (2011)

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UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JASON LOUIS TINKLENBERG
Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 2011
Decided: May 26, 2011
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JASON LOUIS TINKLENBERG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 2011. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 2011.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2010s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Roberts Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Speedy trial
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 563 U.S. 647
  • 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: 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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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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