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RONALD ALLEN HARMELIN v. MICHIGAN (1991)

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RONALD ALLEN HARMELIN v. MICHIGAN
Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1990
Decided: June 27, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

RONALD ALLEN HARMELIN v. MICHIGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1991. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1990.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial 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: State
  • Respondent state: Michigan
  • Citation: 501 U.S. 957
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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