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442 U.S. 801

Spenkelink v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 24, 1979

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1979-05-24

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Decided 1979-05-24

How this case has been cited

Cited by 35 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Cortez (1981), United States v. Martinez-Fuerte (1976)

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 18 state decisions — followed in 11 states

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Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

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¶1C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution, presented to Mr. Justice Marshall, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall would grant the application for a stay of execution. Furthermore, they object because the Court announces its action without first affording them an opportunity to prepare, circulate, and file a statement in support of their view.
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