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DELO, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. STOKES (1990)

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DELO, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. STOKES
Term: 1989
Important Dates
Decided: May 11, 1990
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
5-4
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

DELO, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. STOKES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 11, 1990.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 495 U.S. 320
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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