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BOUNDS, CORRECTION COMMISSIONER, et al. v. SMITH et al.

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1976
Decided: April 27, 1977
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

BOUNDS, CORRECTION COMMISSIONER, et al. v. SMITH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1977. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 430 U.S. 817
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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 liberal.

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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