IDAHO v. WRIGHT (1990)
IDAHO v. WRIGHT |
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Term: 1989 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 18, 1990 |
Decided: June 27, 1990 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens |
Dissenting |
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
IDAHO v. WRIGHT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1990.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho State Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Idaho
- Respondent type: Mother
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 497 U.S. 805
- 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: Sandra Day O'Connor
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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