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Rushing v. Louisiana

476 U.S. 1153 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-05-27 Docket No. 85-5022; No. 85-5082; No. 85-6308; No. 85-6551; No. 85-6584; No. 85-6643; No. 85-6665; No. 85-6668; No. 85-6675 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 1153
No. 85-5022.
No. 85-5082.
No. 85-6308.
No. 85-6551.
No. 85-6584.
No. 85-6643.
No. 85-6665.
No. 85-6668.
No. 85-6675.
Rushing v. Louisiana. Watson v. Blackburn, Warden. Lowenfield v. Louisiana. Brock v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Kordenbrock v. Kentucky. Beam v. Idaho. Barnes v. Tennessee. Harbison v. Tennessee. Byrd v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

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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