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HUTTO et al. v. FINNEY et al. (1978)

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HUTTO et al. v. FINNEY et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: February 21, 1978
Decided: June 23, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

HUTTO et al. v. FINNEY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1978. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1978.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arkansas
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 437 U.S. 678
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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.

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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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