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SCOTT v. KENTUCKY PAROLE BOARD et al. (1976)

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SCOTT v. KENTUCKY PAROLE BOARD et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1976
Decided: November 2, 1976
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

SCOTT v. KENTUCKY PAROLE BOARD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 2, 1976. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 429 U.S. 60
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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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