KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al. v. THOMPSON et al. (1989) - Ballotpedia

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KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al. v. THOMPSON et al.

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1989
Decided: May 15, 1989
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al. v. THOMPSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1989. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1989.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Kentucky
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 490 U.S. 454
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: Harry Blackmun

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.

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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