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

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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 BlackmunWilliam BrennanThurgood MarshallLewis PowellJohn Paul StevensByron White
Dissenting
Warren BurgerWilliam RehnquistPotter 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.

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