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ALABAMA v. VANESSA ROSE WHITE

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1990
Decided: June 11, 1990
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

ALABAMA v. VANESSA ROSE WHITE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1990. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1990.

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 State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Alabama
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 496 U.S. 325
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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