In re JAMES BLODGETT, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. (1992) - Ballotpedia

Public policy made simple. Dive into our information hub today!

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

In re JAMES BLODGETT, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY, et al.

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Decided: January 13, 1992
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens

In re JAMES BLODGETT, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1992.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 502 U.S. 236
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Active justices

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Gorsuch • Jackson • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices

Breyer • Kennedy • Souter

Former chief justices

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

Former associate justices

O'Connor • Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=In_re_JAMES_BLODGETT,_SUPERINTENDENT,_WASHINGTON_STATE_PENITENTIARY,_et_al._(1992)&oldid=9494761"