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Thompson v. Louisiana

488 U.S. 871 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-10-03 Docket No. 87-6745; No. 87-6830; No. 87-6956; No. 87-6962; No. 87-6979; No. 87-6981; No. 87-7018; No. 87-7047; No. 87-7088; No. 87-7117; No. 87-7145; No. 87-7158; No. 87-7190; No. 87-7217; No. 87-7235; No. 87-7264; No. 87-7265; No. 87-7335; No. 87-7352; No. 88-271; No. 88-272; No. 88-273; No. 88-5007; No. 88-5009; No. 88-5032; No. 88-5034; No. 88-5049; No. 88-5052; No. 88-5066; No. 88-5075; No. 88-5091; No. 88-5107; No. 88-5112; No. 88-5114; No. 88-5138; No. 88-5147; No. 88-5178; No. 88-5190; No. 88-5194 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents

Majority

p. 871
No. 87-6745.
No. 87-6830.
No. 87-6956.
No. 87-6962.
No. 87-6979.
No. 87-6981.
No. 8 7-7018.
No. 87-7047.
No. 87-7088.
No. 87-7117.
No. 87-7145.
No. 87-7158.
No. 87-7190.
No. 87-7217.
No. 87-7235.
No. 87-7264.
No. 87-7265.
No. 87-7335.
No. 87-7352.
No. 88-271.
No. 88-272.
No. 88-273.
No. 88-5007.
No. 88-5009.
No. 88-5032.
No. 88-5034.
No. 88-5049.
No. 88-5052.
No. 88-5066.
No. 88-5075.
No. 88-5091.
No. 88-5107.
No. 88-5112.
No. 88-5114.
Thompson v. Louisiana. Coker v. Tennessee. Hamilton v. Alabama. Cone v. Tennessee. Walls v. Missouri. Murray v. Missouri. Harding v. Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections. Remeta v. Florida. Jones v. Alabama. Andrews v. Texas. Blankenship v. Georgia. Correll v. Florida. Battle v. Missouri. Jackson v. Florida. White v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Cade v. Alabama. Puiatti v. Florida. Waldrop v. Alabama. Hardwick v. Florida. Poyner v. Bair, Warden. Poyner v. Bair, Warden. Poyner v. Bair, Warden. O’Dell v. Virginia. Jones v. Missouri. Ruiz v. California. Mincey v. Georgia. Jenkins v. Ohio. Thompkins v. Illinois. Buehl v. Pennsylvania. Daugherty v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Hovey v. California. Howard v. California. Kimble v. California. Mak v. Washington.

Sup. Ct. La.; Sup. Ct. Tenn.; Sup. Ct. Ala.; Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; C. A. 9th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Ala.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Ala.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Ct. Crim. App. Ala.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Va.; Sup. Ct. Va.; Sup. Ct. Va.; Sup. Ct. Va.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Sup. Ct. Cal.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Ct. App. Ohio, Cuyahoga County; Sup. Ct. 111.; Sup. Ct. Pa.; C. A. 11th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Cal.; Sup. Ct. Cal.; Sup. Ct. Cal.; Sup. Ct. Wash.;

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 872
Fleenor v. Indiana. Middleton v. South Carolina. Stephens v. Kemp, Warden. Johnson v. Oklahoma. Free v. Illinois.

Sup. Ct. Ind.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; C. A. 11th Cir.; Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and Sup. Ct. 111. Certiorari denied.

No. 88-5138.

No. 88-5147.

No. 88-5178.

No. 88-5190.

No. 88-5194.

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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