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WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON (2014)

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WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON
Term: 2013
Important Dates
Decided: July 1, 2014
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 2014.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the California Southern 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 - extra-legal jury influences: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Female governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 573 U.S. 773
  • 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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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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