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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	DARYLL RICHARDSON AND JOHN WALKER v. RONNIE LEE MCKNIGHT LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 23, 1997
Date Argument	March 19, 1997
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	521 U.S. 399 117 S. Ct. 2100 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3866 138 L. Ed. 2d 540
Docket	96-318

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Petitioner	employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent	prisoner, inmate of penal institution

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CIVIL RIGHTS Liability, Civil Rights Acts (cf. Liability, Governmental And Liability, Nongovernmental; Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Non-death Penalty) FEDERAL STATUTE Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens O'Connor Souter Ginsburg Breyer dissent Rehnquist Scalia Kennedy Thomas

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1996-084-01

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