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ARIZONA v. FULMINANTE (1991)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ARIZONA v. FULMINANTE
Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1990
Decided: March 26, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter

ARIZONA v. FULMINANTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1991. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1990.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 499 U.S. 279
  • 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: Byron White

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.

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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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