CUYLER, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. ADAMS (1981) - Ballotpedia

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CUYLER, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. ADAMS

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 1980
Decided: January 21, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

CUYLER, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. ADAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1981. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 449 U.S. 433
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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