CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION v. JOHN E. MALESKO (2001)

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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION v. JOHN E. MALESKO
Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: October 1, 2001
Decided: November 27, 2001
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION v. JOHN E. MALESKO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 2001. The case was argued before the court on October 1, 2001.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Government contractor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 534 U.S. 61
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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