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DAVID RIGGINS v. NEVADA

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1992
Decided: May 18, 1992
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

DAVID RIGGINS v. NEVADA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1992. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1992.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Nevada State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - extra-legal jury influences: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Nevada
Citation: 504 U.S. 127
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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