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RAYMOND MIRELES v. HOWARD WACO (1991)

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RAYMOND MIRELES v. HOWARD WACO
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Decided: October 21, 1991
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

RAYMOND MIRELES v. HOWARD WACO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 21, 1991.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Judge
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 502 U.S. 9
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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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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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