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DAVID DAWSON v. DELAWARE

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1991
Decided: March 9, 1992
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Clarence Thomas

DAVID DAWSON v. DELAWARE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1992. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1991.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Delaware State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Delaware
Citation: 503 U.S. 159
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 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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