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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	HOUSTON v. LACK, WARDEN LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 24, 1988
Date Argument	April 27, 1988
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	487 U.S. 266 108 S. Ct. 2379 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2875 101 L. Ed. 2d 245
Docket	87-5428

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Tennessee Western U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Petitioner	prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent	State Tennessee

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Subconstitutional Fair Procedure: Timeliness COURT RULES Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including Appellate Procedure, or relevant rules of a circuit court Judicial Code, and admiralty rules
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Brennan White Marshall Blackmun Stevens dissent Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Subconstitutional Fair Procedure: Timeliness INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES 28 U.S.C. § 2107
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Brennan White Marshall Blackmun Stevens dissent Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1987-136-01

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