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LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1993. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1993. In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court. For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here . For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here . 1 About the case 3 External links Subject matter : Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases) Petitioner : Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime Petitioner state : Unknown Respondent type : State Respondent state : Louisiana Citation : 508 U.S. 275 How the court took jurisdiction : Cert What type of decision was made : Opinion of the court (orally argued) Who was the chief justice : William Rehnquist Who wrote the majority opinion : Antonin Scalia These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal. 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