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CASTILLE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, et al. v. PEOPLES (1989)

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CASTILLE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, et al. v. PEOPLES
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1988
Decided: February 22, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CASTILLE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, et al. v. PEOPLES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1989. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1988.

In a 9-0 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 Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 489 U.S. 346
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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