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CLARENCE VICTOR v. NEBRASKA

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1994
Decided: March 22, 1994
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • David Souter

CLARENCE VICTOR v. NEBRASKA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1994. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1994.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Nebraska
Citation: 511 U.S. 1
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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