Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division v. Michael Wayne Haley
Decided May 3, 2004. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 02-1824 · 541 U.S. 386 (2004) · Cited 727 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Sandra Day O'Connor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a dissenting opinion
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens · filed a dissenting opinion
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Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Murray v. Carrier · 477 U.S. 478 (1986)
- Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
- Wainwright v. Sykes · 433 U.S. 72 (1977)
- Engle v. Isaac · 456 U.S. 107 (1982)
- Sawyer v. Whitley · 505 U.S. 333 (1992)
- Almendarez-Torres v. United States · 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
- In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
- Reed v. Ross · 468 U.S. 1 (1984)
- Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199 (1960)
- Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
- Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
- Schlup v. Delo · 513 U.S. 298 (1995)
- United States v. Agurs · 427 U.S. 97 (1976)
- Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
- McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
- Brown v. Allen · 344 U.S. 443 (1953)
- Francis v. Henderson · 425 U.S. 536 (1976)
- Monge v. California · 524 U.S. 721 (1998)
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- McQuiggin v. Perkins · 569 U.S. 383 (2013)
- Davila v. Davis · 582 U.S. 521 (2017)
- Maples v. Thomas · 565 U.S. 266 (2012)
- Shinn v. Martinez Ramirez · 596 U.S. 366 (2022)
- Harbison v. Bell · 556 U.S. 180 (2009)
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