Salvador Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District
Decided January 12, 2000. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 98-7809 · 528 U.S. 152 (2000) · Cited 840 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 6
- John Paul Stevens · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Concurring · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a concurring opinion
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a concurring opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Faretta v. California · 422 U.S. 806 (1975)
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · 317 U.S. 269 (1943)
- Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458 (1938)
- Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
- Abney v. United States · 431 U.S. 651 (1977)
- McKaskle v. Wiggins · 465 U.S. 168 (1984)
- Price v. Johnston · 334 U.S. 266 (1948)
- Anders v. California · 386 U.S. 738 (1967)
- Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
- Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
- Douglas v. California · 372 U.S. 353 (1963)
- Illinois v. Allen · 397 U.S. 337 (1970)
- Ross v. Moffitt · 417 U.S. 600 (1974)
- Patterson v. Illinois · 487 U.S. 285 (1988)
- McKane v. Durston · 153 U.S. 684 (1894)
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sloan · 436 U.S. 103 (1978)
- Schwab v. Berggren · 143 U.S. 442 (1892)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Indiana v. Edwards · 554 U.S. 164 (2008)
- Pliler v. Ford · 542 U.S. 225 (2004)
- Deck v. Missouri · 544 U.S. 622 (2005)
- McCoy v. Louisiana · 584 U.S. 414 (2018)
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