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RICHARD DEMAREST v. JAMES, MANSPEAKER et al. (1991)

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RICHARD DEMAREST v. JAMES, MANSPEAKER et al.
Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: November 6, 1990
Decided: January 8, 1991
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

RICHARD DEMAREST v. JAMES, MANSPEAKER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1991. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1990.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 498 U.S. 184
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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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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