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TERRY LEE SHANNON v. UNITED STATES (1994)

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TERRY LEE SHANNON v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1993 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 22, 1994 |
Decided: June 24, 1994 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas |
Dissenting |
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens |
TERRY LEE SHANNON v. UNITED STATES 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 March 22, 1994.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 512 U.S. 573
- 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: Clarence Thomas
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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