Sumner, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons, et al. v. Shuman (483 U.S. 66)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 22, 1987 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 483 U.S. 66 · 107 S. Ct. 2716
- Decided
- June 22, 1987
- Term
- October Term 1986
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Blackmun
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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