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KANSAS v. LEROY HENDRICKS (1997)

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KANSAS v. LEROY HENDRICKS
Term: 1996
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1996
Decided: June 23, 1997
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

KANSAS v. LEROY HENDRICKS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1997. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1996.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Kansas
  • Respondent type: Person allegedly criminally insane or mentally incompetent to stand trial
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 521 U.S. 346
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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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