HARVEY F. GARLOTTE v. KIRK FORDICE, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI (1995) - Ballotpedia

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HARVEY F. GARLOTTE v. KIRK FORDICE, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI

Term: 1994
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1995
Decided: May 30, 1995
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

HARVEY F. GARLOTTE v. KIRK FORDICE, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 1995. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1995.

In a 7-2 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 Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Mississippi
Citation: 515 U.S. 39
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.

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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