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PONTE, SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION v. REAL (1985)

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PONTE, SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION v. REAL
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1985
Decided: May 20, 1985
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

PONTE, SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION v. REAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1985. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1985.

In a 6-2 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 Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 471 U.S. 491
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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.

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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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