ROBERT O'NEAL v. FRED MCANINCH, WARDEN (1995)

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ROBERT O'NEAL v. FRED MCANINCH, WARDEN |
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Term: 1994 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 31, 1994 |
Decided: February 21, 1995 |
Outcome |
Vacated and remanded |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
Dissenting |
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
ROBERT O'NEAL v. FRED MCANINCH, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1995. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1994.
In a 6-3 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 Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Ohio
- Citation: 513 U.S. 432
- 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: Stephen Breyer
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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