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ROGER KEITH COLEMAN v. CHARLES E. THOMPSON, WARDEN, et al. (1992)

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ROGER KEITH COLEMAN v. CHARLES E. THOMPSON, WARDEN, et al.
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Decided: May 20, 1992
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
William Rehnquist
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • David Souter

ROGER KEITH COLEMAN v. CHARLES E. THOMPSON, WARDEN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1992.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: stay of execution
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 504 U.S. 188
  • 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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