PACILEO, SHERIFF v. WALKER (1980)

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PACILEO, SHERIFF v. WALKER
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Decided: December 8, 1980
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul StevensPotter StewartByron White
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

PACILEO, SHERIFF v. WALKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1980.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: criminal procedure
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 449 U.S. 86
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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