PAMELA WITHROW v. ROBERT ALLEN WILLIAMS, JR. (1993) - Ballotpedia

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PAMELA WITHROW v. ROBERT ALLEN WILLIAMS, JR.

Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 1992
Decided: April 21, 1993
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

PAMELA WITHROW v. ROBERT ALLEN WILLIAMS, JR. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1993. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1992.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 507 U.S. 680
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: David Souter

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 liberal.

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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