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THOMPSON v. OKLAHOMA (1988)

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THOMPSON v. OKLAHOMA
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1987
Decided: June 29, 1988
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
John Paul Stevens
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

THOMPSON v. OKLAHOMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1988. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1987.

In a 5-3 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. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 487 U.S. 815
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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 liberal.

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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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