FRANK X. HOPKINS Petitioner v. RANDOLPH K. REEVES (1998) - Ballotpedia

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FRANK X. HOPKINS Petitioner v. RANDOLPH K. REEVES

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1998
Decided: June 8, 1998
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

FRANK X. HOPKINS Petitioner v. RANDOLPH K. REEVES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1998. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1998.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska 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: State
Petitioner state: Nebraska
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 524 U.S. 88
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: Clarence Thomas

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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