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JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, JR. v. MICHAEL C. STORRIE, et al. (1993)

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JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, JR. v. MICHAEL C. STORRIE, et al.
Term: 1992
Important Dates
Decided: March 8, 1993
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Anthony KennedySandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaDavid SouterClarence ThomasByron White
Dissenting
Harry BlackmunJohn Paul Stevens

JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, JR. v. MICHAEL C. STORRIE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1993.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: state or U.S. supreme court
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 507 U.S. 290
  • 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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