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ALABAMA et al. v. PUGH et al. (1978)

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ALABAMA et al. v. PUGH et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Decided: July 3, 1978
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

ALABAMA et al. v. PUGH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 3, 1978.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 438 U.S. 781
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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