WILLIAM ARTHUR KELLY v. SOUTH CAROLINA (2002) - Ballotpedia

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WILLIAM ARTHUR KELLY v. SOUTH CAROLINA

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: November 26, 2001
Decided: January 9, 2002
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

WILLIAM ARTHUR KELLY v. SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 2002. The case was argued before the court on November 26, 2001.

In a 5-4 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 South Carolina State Trial 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 convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 534 U.S. 246
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: David Souter

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.

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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