Party Name:
Luis E. MELENDEZ-DIAZ, Petitioner, v. MASSACHUSETTS.
Attorney:
Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, CA, for Petitioner. Martha Coakley, Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Respondent. Lisa H. Schertler, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondent. Mary T. Rogers, Salem, MA, Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Haue...
Judge Panel:
SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, SOUTER, THOMAS, and GINSBURG, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a concurring opinion. KENNEDY, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and BREYER and ALITO, JJ., joined. Thomas, Justice THOMAS, concurring. Justice KEN...
