ZANT, WARDEN v. STEPHENS (1982)

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ZANT, WARDEN v. STEPHENS
Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1982
Decided: May 3, 1982
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell

ZANT, WARDEN v. STEPHENS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1982. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1982.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Georgia
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 456 U.S. 410
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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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