WILLIAM ERICKSON v. BARRY J. PARDUS et al. (2007)

WILLIAM ERICKSON v. BARRY J. PARDUS et al.
	Term: 2006
Important Dates
	Decided: June 4, 2007
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Clarence Thomas

WILLIAM ERICKSON v. BARRY J. PARDUS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 2007.

In a 7-1 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 Colorado U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Colorado
Citation: 551 U.S. 89
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.