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RICHARD LYLE AUSTIN v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1993
Decided: June 28, 1993
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

RICHARD LYLE AUSTIN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1993. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1993.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Dakota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 509 U.S. 602
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: Harry Blackmun

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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