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Smith v. Thomas

562 U.S. 1267 Court SCOTUS Decision date 2011-03-07 Docket No. 10-935 English

Judges The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, and Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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p. 1267
March 7, 2011
No. 10-935.
Smith v. Thomas, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al.

C. A. D. C. Cir. Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U. S. C. § 1 , and since the only qualified Justice is of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and determined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U. S. C. § 2109 , which provides that under these eireumstances “the court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affirmance by an equally divided court.”

The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, and Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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