Jones v. Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States April 4, 2011

Jones v. Supreme Court of the United States, 179 L. Ed. 2d 769 (2011)

2011 U.S. LEXIS 2779; 131 S. Ct. 1824; 563 U.S. 914; 79 U.S.L.W. 3566

Consideration, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, Took

Opinion of the Court

Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U.S.C. § 1, and the qualified Justices are 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 circumstances “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, and Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Same case below, 405 Fed. Appx. 508.

Reference

Full Case Name: Donald G. Jones v. Supreme Court of the United States
Status: Published