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CARSON LYNN BROWN v. R. WILLIAMS et al. (1997)

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CARSON LYNN BROWN v. R. WILLIAMS et al.
Term: 1997
Important Dates
Decided: October 20, 1997
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

CARSON LYNN BROWN v. R. WILLIAMS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 20, 1997.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: U.S. Supreme Court docketing fee
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 522 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Docketing fee
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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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