OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, et al. v. EUGENE WOODARD (1998) - Ballotpedia

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OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, et al. v. EUGENE WOODARD

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1997
Decided: March 25, 1998
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, et al. v. EUGENE WOODARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1998. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1997.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 523 U.S. 272
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: William Rehnquist

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

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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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