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DIONISIO HERNANDEZ v. NEW YORK

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1991
Decided: May 28, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Anthony Kennedy
Majority
William Rehnquist • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

DIONISIO HERNANDEZ v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1991. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1991.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 500 U.S. 352
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.

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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