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UNITED STATES v. HOSEP KRIKOR BAJAKAJIAN

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: November 4, 1997
Decided: June 22, 1998
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

UNITED STATES v. HOSEP KRIKOR BAJAKAJIAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1998. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1997.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 524 U.S. 321
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: Clarence Thomas

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

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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