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DIANE GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES (1991)

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DIANE GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 1991
Decided: December 3, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun

DIANE GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1991. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1991.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 502 U.S. 46
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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