WILLIAM LEWIS SMITH v. WAYNE S. BARRY, et al. (1992)

WILLIAM LEWIS SMITH v. WAYNE S. BARRY, et al.
	Term: 1991
Important Dates
	Argued: December 2, 1991
	Decided: January 14, 1992
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia

WILLIAM LEWIS SMITH v. WAYNE S. BARRY, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1992. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1991.

In a 9-0 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 502 U.S. 244
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.