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SYLVESTER JONES v. ABC-TV et al. (1996)

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SYLVESTER JONES v. ABC-TV et al.
Term: 1995
Important Dates
Decided: February 26, 1996
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

SYLVESTER JONES v. ABC-TV et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1996.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: U.S. Supreme Court docketing fee
  • Petitioner: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Television station
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 516 U.S. 363
  • 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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