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EDWARD HAROLD SCHAD, JR. v. ARIZONA (1991)

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EDWARD HAROLD SCHAD, JR. v. ARIZONA
Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1991
Decided: June 21, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

EDWARD HAROLD SCHAD, JR. v. ARIZONA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1991. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1991.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial 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: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 501 U.S. 624
  • 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: David Souter

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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