MABRY, COMMISSIONER, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION v. KLIMAS (1980) - Ballotpedia

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MABRY, COMMISSIONER, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION v. KLIMAS

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Decided: June 30, 1980
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall

MABRY, COMMISSIONER, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION v. KLIMAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1980.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Arkansas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Arkansas
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 448 U.S. 444
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

↑ 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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