MCCOY v. COURT OF APPEALS OF WISCONSIN, DISTRICT 1 (1988) - Ballotpedia

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MCCOY v. COURT OF APPEALS OF WISCONSIN, DISTRICT 1

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1988
Decided: June 6, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

MCCOY v. COURT OF APPEALS OF WISCONSIN, DISTRICT 1 is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1988. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1988.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: inadequate representation by counsel (cf. right to counsel)
Petitioner: Indigent defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 486 U.S. 429
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 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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