WHITMORE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF SIMMONS v. ARKANSAS et al. (1990) - Ballotpedia

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WHITMORE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF SIMMONS v. ARKANSAS et al.

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1990
Decided: April 24, 1990
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

WHITMORE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF SIMMONS v. ARKANSAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1990. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1990.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arkansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: personal injury
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Arkansas
Citation: 495 U.S. 149
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: 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.

See also

External links

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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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