Case Name: Cooey v. Ohio; Lee v. Louisiana; Beasley v. Pennsylvania; Jones v. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center; High v. Zant, Warden; Stankewitz v. California; Madden v. Texas
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1991-04-01
Citations: 499 U.S. 954
Docket Number: No. 89-6482; No. 90-5414; No. 90-6444; No. 90-6913; No. 90-7016; No. 90-7134; No. 90-7199
Parties: Cooey v. Ohio.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 499
Pages: 954–954

Head Matter:
No. 89-6482.
No. 90-5414.
No. 90-6444.
No. 90-6913.
No. 90-7016.
No. 90-7134.
No. 90-7199.
Cooey v. Ohio.
Lee v. Louisiana. Beasley v. Pennsylvania. Jones v. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center. High v. Zant, Warden. Stankewitz v. California. Madden v. Texas.

Opinion:
Sup. Ct. Ohio;
Sup. Ct. La.;
Super. Ct. Pa.;
C. A. 8th Cir.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6482, 46 Ohio St. 3d 20, 544 N. E. 2d 895; No. 90-5414, 559 So. 2d 1310; No. 90-6444, 395 Pa. Super. 649, 570 A. 2d 585; No. 90-6913, 923 F. 2d 860; No. 90-7016, 916 F. 2d 1507; No. 90-7134, 51 Cal. 3d 72, 793 P. 2d 23; No. 90-7199, 799 S. W. 2d 683.
Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.