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KITRICH POWELL v. NEVADA

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1994
Decided: March 30, 1994
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

KITRICH POWELL v. NEVADA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1994. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1994.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Nevada State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Nevada
Citation: 511 U.S. 79
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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