Lindh v. Murphy

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued April 14, 1997
Decided June 23, 1997

Full case name

Aaron Lindh v. Murphy, Warden

Citations

Court membership

Chief Justice William Rehnquist

Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer

Case opinions

Majority

Souter, joined by Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer

Dissent

Rehnquist, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas

Laws applied

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320 (1997), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996's amendments to Title 28, Section 2254 of the United States Code applies to cases filed after the Act's effective date.^[1] The amendments "do not apply to pending noncapital cases such as Lindh's."^[1]

In his dissent, Chief Justice William Rehnquist argues that "in light of the whole of our retroactivity jurisprudence," pending cases should be subject to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996's amendments.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320 (1997)

External links

Oyez.org coverage

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