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MELVIN TYLER v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (2001)

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MELVIN TYLER v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN
Term: 2000
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 2001
Decided: June 28, 2001
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

MELVIN TYLER v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 2001. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 2001.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 533 U.S. 656
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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

  1. ↑ 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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