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ROBERT WAYNE SAWYER v. JOHN WHITLEY, WARDEN (1992)

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ROBERT WAYNE SAWYER v. JOHN WHITLEY, WARDEN
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1992
Decided: June 22, 1992
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

ROBERT WAYNE SAWYER v. JOHN WHITLEY, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1992. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1992.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 505 U.S. 333
  • 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 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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