CARL THOMPSON v. PATRICK KEOHANE, WARDEN, et al. (1995) - Ballotpedia

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CARL THOMPSON v. PATRICK KEOHANE, WARDEN, et al.

Term: 1995
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1995
Decided: November 29, 1995
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

CARL THOMPSON v. PATRICK KEOHANE, WARDEN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1995. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1995.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alaska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Alaska
Citation: 516 U.S. 99
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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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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