Madison v. Alabama

139 S. Ct. 718 · Decided February 27, 2019 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Madison v. Alabama was decided on February 27, 2019 by a vote of 5–3. The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty” in the Criminal Procedure area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2018
• Supreme Court of the United States — docket 17-7505

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Full case caption

Madison v. Alabama

SCDB identifiers: case 2018-004, docket 2018-004-01.

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