ZANT, WARDEN v. MOORE (1989)

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ZANT, WARDEN v. MOORE
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: November 29, 1988
Decided: March 29, 1989
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun

ZANT, WARDEN v. MOORE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 1989. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1988.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Georgia Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Georgia
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 489 U.S. 836
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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