MICHIGAN v. NOLAN K. LUCAS (1991) - Ballotpedia

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MICHIGAN v. NOLAN K. LUCAS

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: March 26, 1991
Decided: May 20, 1991
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

MICHIGAN v. NOLAN K. LUCAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1991. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1991.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 500 U.S. 145
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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