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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	BILLY JOE MAGWOOD v. TONY PATTERSON, WARDEN, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 24, 2010
Date Argument	March 24, 2010
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	561 U.S. 320 130 S. Ct. 2788 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5258 177 L. Ed. 2d 592
Docket	09-158

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Alabama Middle U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Petitioner	person convicted of crime
Respondent	State Alabama

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Habeas Corpus FEDERAL STATUTE 28 U.S.C. § 2241-2255 (habeas corpus)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Thomas regular concurrence Stevens Breyer Sotomayor dissent Kennedy Ginsburg Roberts Alito

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2009-084-01

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