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Monroe v. Louisiana

463 U.S. 1229 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-07-06 Docket No. 81-5044; No. 81-5698; No. 81-5971; No. 81-6454; No. 82-5935; No. 82-6110; No. 82-6425; No. 82-6663 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 81-5044.
No. 81-5698.
No. 81-5971.
No. 81-6454.
No. 82-5935.
No. 82-6110.
No. 82-6425.
Monroe v. Louisiana. Sonnier v. Louisiana. White v. Florida. Mattheson v. Louisiana. Jackson v. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections of Florida. Raulerson v. Florida. Woomer v. South Carolina.

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.; and

Dissent — Brennan J.

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Middleton v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5044, 397 So. 2d 1258 ; No. 81-5698, 402 So. 2d 650 ; No. 81-5971, 403 So. 2d 331 ; No. 81-6454, 407 So. 2d 1150 ; No. 82-5935, 421 So. 2d 1385 ; No. 82-6110, 420 So. 2d 567 ; No. 82-6425, 278 S. C. 468 , 299 S. E. 2d 317 ; No. 82-6663, 426 So. 2d 548 .

No. 82-6663.

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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