LARRY HOPE v. MARK PELZER et al. (2002) - Ballotpedia

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LARRY HOPE v. MARK PELZER et al.

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 2002
Decided: June 27, 2002
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

LARRY HOPE v. MARK PELZER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 2002. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 2002.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Alabama
Citation: 536 U.S. 730
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: John Paul Stevens

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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