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HILTON, SUPERINTENDENT, NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, et al. v. BRAUNSKILL (1987)

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HILTON, SUPERINTENDENT, NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, et al. v. BRAUNSKILL
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1987
Decided: May 26, 1987
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

HILTON, SUPERINTENDENT, NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, et al. v. BRAUNSKILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1987.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New Jersey
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 481 U.S. 770
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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