HORACE BUTLER v. KENNETH D. MCKELLAR, WARDEN, et al. (1990)
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| HORACE BUTLER v. KENNETH D. MCKELLAR, WARDEN, et al. |
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| Term: 1989 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 30, 1989 |
| Decided: March 5, 1990 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens |
HORACE BUTLER v. KENNETH D. MCKELLAR, WARDEN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1989.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina 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: South Carolina
- Citation: 494 U.S. 407
- 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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