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INGRAHAM et al. v. WRIGHT et al. (1977)
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| INGRAHAM et al. v. WRIGHT et al. |
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| Term: 1976 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 2, 1976 |
| Decided: April 19, 1977 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
INGRAHAM et al. v. WRIGHT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1977. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1976.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
- Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Florida
- Citation: 430 U.S. 651
- 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: Lewis Powell
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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