Nelson v. Colorado
2017 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nelson v. Colorado, 581 U.S. ___ (2017), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.[1] In a 7-1 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court held that a state had no right to keep fines and other money based on an invalid conviction.[2] Justice Samuel Alito wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissenting opinion, and Justice Neil Gorsuch did not take part in the consideration or decision of the case.[3]
Quick Facts Nelson v. Colorado, Argued January 9, 2017 Decided April 19, 2017 ...
Nelson v. Colorado | |
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Argued January 9, 2017 Decided April 19, 2017 | |
Full case name | Shannon Nelson, Petitioner v. Colorado Louis A. Madden, Petitioner v. Colorado |
Docket no. | 15-1256 |
Citations | 581 U.S. ___ (more) 137 S. Ct. 1249; 197 L. Ed. 2d 611 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | People v. Nelson, 2013 COA 58, 369 P.3d 625; reversed, 2015 CO 68, 362 P.3d 1070; People v. Madden, 2013 COA 56, 399 P.3d 706; reversed, 2015 CO 69, 364 P.3d 866; cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 30 (2016). |
Holding | |
The Colorado Exoneration Act's scheme does not comport with the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Concurrence | Alito (in judgment) |
Dissent | Thomas |
Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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