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PAUL MCNEIL v. WISCONSIN (1991)

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PAUL MCNEIL v. WISCONSIN
Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1991
Decided: June 13, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

PAUL MCNEIL v. WISCONSIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1991. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1991.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Wisconsin
  • Citation: 501 U.S. 171
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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