HOWARD WYATT v. BILL COLE AND JOHN ROBBINS, II (1992)

HOWARD WYATT v. BILL COLE AND JOHN ROBBINS, II
	Term: 1991
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1992
	Decided: May 18, 1992
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist • David Souter • Clarence Thomas

HOWARD WYATT v. BILL COLE AND JOHN ROBBINS, II is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1992. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1992.

In a 6-3 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: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 504 U.S. 158
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.