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JOHN SULLIVAN v. LOUISIANA

Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1993
Decided: June 1, 1993
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
William Rehnquist

JOHN SULLIVAN v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1993. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1993.

In a 9-0 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 Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 508 U.S. 275
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: Antonin Scalia

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 liberal.

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

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