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ROSE, WARDEN v. MITCHELL et al. (1979)

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ROSE, WARDEN v. MITCHELL et al.
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1979
Decided: July 2, 1979
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

ROSE, WARDEN v. MITCHELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1979. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1979.

In a 5-4 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 Tennessee Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Tennessee
  • Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 443 U.S. 545
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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.

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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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