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HOPPER, CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONER, et al. v. EVANS

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1982
Decided: May 24, 1982
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

HOPPER, CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONER, et al. v. EVANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1982. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1982.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Southern 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: Alabama
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 456 U.S. 605
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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