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WASHINGTON, et al. v. WALTER HARPER

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1989
Decided: February 27, 1990
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

WASHINGTON, et al. v. WALTER HARPER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1989.

In a 6-3 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 State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 494 U.S. 210
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: Anthony Kennedy

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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