HITCHCOCK v. DUGGER, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (1987) - Ballotpedia

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HITCHCOCK v. DUGGER, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1986
Decided: April 22, 1987
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

HITCHCOCK v. DUGGER, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1987. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1986.

In a 9-0 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 Florida Middle 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: Florida
Citation: 481 U.S. 393
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: Antonin Scalia

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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