Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

O'Bryan v. McKaskle

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 23, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall

465 U.S. 1013; 79 L. Ed. 2d 245; 52 U.S.L.W. 3551; 104 S. Ct. 1015; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 976 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

10 later published cases cite this decision. The 9 that cite it most often are listed here.

Rogers v. DIRECTOR, TDCJ-ID (District Court, E.D. Texas 1994)
Hill v. Thigpen (District Court, N.D. Mississippi 1987)
Fluellen v. Campbell (District Court, M.D. Tennessee 1987)
Berard v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1984)
DeShields v. Snyder (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 1993)
Robert Lee Willie v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary (5th Cir. 1984)
Kirkpatrick v. Blackburn (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1984)
O'Bryan v. McKaskle (5th Cir. 1984)
Texas v. Mead (Supreme Court of the United States 1984)

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Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of Washington Legal Foundation for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

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 sentence in this case.

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