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WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION OF FLORIDA v. SYKES (1977)

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WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION OF FLORIDA v. SYKES
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1977
Decided: June 23, 1977
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Warren Burger • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION OF FLORIDA v. SYKES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1977. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1977.

In a 7-2 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 Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 433 U.S. 72
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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