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JOE HARRIS SULLIVAN v. FLORIDA (2010)

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JOE HARRIS SULLIVAN v. FLORIDA |
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Term: 2009 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 9, 2009 |
Decided: May 17, 2010 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
JOE HARRIS SULLIVAN v. FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 2010. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 2009.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
- Petitioner: Juvenile
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Florida
- Citation: 560 U.S. 181
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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