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J. D. NETHERLAND, WARDEN v. LEM DAVIS TUGGLE (1995)

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J. D. NETHERLAND, WARDEN v. LEM DAVIS TUGGLE
Term: 1994
Important Dates
Decided: September 14, 1995
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

J. D. NETHERLAND, WARDEN v. LEM DAVIS TUGGLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on September 14, 1995.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Virginia
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 515 U.S. 951
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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.

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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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