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ROY HECK v. JAMES HUMPHREY et al.

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1994
Decided: June 24, 1994
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ROY HECK v. JAMES HUMPHREY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1994. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1994.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 512 U.S. 477
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.

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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