TANA WOOD, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. DWAYNE EARL BARTHOLOMEW (1995)

TANA WOOD, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. DWAYNE EARL BARTHOLOMEW
	Term: 1995
Important Dates
	Decided: October 10, 1995
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

TANA WOOD, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. DWAYNE EARL BARTHOLOMEW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 10, 1995.

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 Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 516 U.S. 1
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.