Nelson v. Colorado
| Nelson v. Colorado | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
Nelson v. Colorado, 581 U.S. ___ (2017), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. 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. Justice Samuel Alito wrote an opinion concurring with 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.