Supreme Court of the United States
Russell Bucklew, Petitioner v. Anne L. Precythe
April 1, 2019139 S. Ct. 1112
Summary
The opinion excerpt contains Justice Thomas's concurrence, Justice Sotomayor's dissent, and Justice Kavanaugh's (truncated) concurrence. The concurring justice affirms the majority's reasoning that a method of execution violates the Eighth Amendment only when deliberately designed to cause pain, while the dissent argues that the Court should not require inmates to identify alternative execution methods and cautions against limiting equitable stay discretion.