EDDIE S. YLST, WARDEN v. OWEN DUANE NUNNEMAKER (1991) - Ballotpedia

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EDDIE S. YLST, WARDEN v. OWEN DUANE NUNNEMAKER

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: March 19, 1991
Decided: June 24, 1991
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

EDDIE S. YLST, WARDEN v. OWEN DUANE NUNNEMAKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1991. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1991.

In a 6-3 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 501 U.S. 797
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.

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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