MEACHUM, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. FANO et al. (1976) - Ballotpedia

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MEACHUM, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. FANO et al.

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1976
Decided: June 25, 1976
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

MEACHUM, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. FANO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1976. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1976.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 427 U.S. 215
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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