FRANKLIN v. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (1988) - Ballotpedia

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FRANKLIN v. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1988
Decided: June 22, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

FRANKLIN v. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1988.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 487 U.S. 164
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: 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 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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