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DONALD L. HELLING, et al. v. WILLIAM MCKINNEY (1993)
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| DONALD L. HELLING, et al. v. WILLIAM MCKINNEY |
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| Term: 1992 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 13, 1993 |
| Decided: June 18, 1993 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
DONALD L. HELLING, et al. v. WILLIAM MCKINNEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1993. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1993.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nevada U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
- Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Petitioner state: Nevada
- Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 509 U.S. 25
- 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: Byron White
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.
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