LYNNE KALINA v. RODNEY FLETCHER (1997)

LYNNE KALINA v. RODNEY FLETCHER
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: October 7, 1997
	Decided: December 10, 1997
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

LYNNE KALINA v. RODNEY FLETCHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1997. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1997.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 522 U.S. 118
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.