CONNECTICUT AND JOHN F. DIGIOVANNI v. BRIAN K. DOEHR (1991) - Ballotpedia

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CONNECTICUT AND JOHN F. DIGIOVANNI v. BRIAN K. DOEHR

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1991
Decided: June 6, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

CONNECTICUT AND JOHN F. DIGIOVANNI v. BRIAN K. DOEHR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1991. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1991.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Connecticut
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 501 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: Byron White

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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