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J. C. KEENEY, SUPERINTENDENT, OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY v. JOSE TAMAYO-REYES (1992)

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J. C. KEENEY, SUPERINTENDENT, OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY v. JOSE TAMAYO-REYES
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1992
Decided: May 4, 1992
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

J. C. KEENEY, SUPERINTENDENT, OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY v. JOSE TAMAYO-REYES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1992. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1992.

In a 5-4 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 Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Oregon
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 504 U.S. 1
  • 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: Byron White

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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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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