yes
Gratz
they died.
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436 (1966)Ernesto Miranda was the plaintiff; the state of Arizona was the defendant. In a court case, the plaintiff/petitioner's name is always listed first, and the defendant/respondent's name is listed last.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
Burton Marks and Harvey A. Schneider argued for the petitioner (Katz). And John S. Martin, Jr. argued for the respondent (United States).
In Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000) George W. Bush was the petitioner; Al Gore was the respondent. The case involved manual ballot recounts in the State of Florida following the 2000 Presidential Election.
United States v. Nixon, 418 US 683 (1974)Petitioner: United States, brought by Special Prosecutor Leon JaworskiRespondent: President Richard NixonAttorneysJames D. St. Clair (argued case for the President)Leon Jaworski (argued case for the United States)Philip A. Lacovara (argued case for the United States, consolidated case Nixon v. US)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
George E. C. Hayes
The Supreme Court decided in favor of the nominal petitioner, McCulloch, who was a proxy for the federal government.Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)For more information about McCulloch v. Maryland, see Related Questions, below.
James McCulloch was cashier and head of the Baltimore, Maryland, branch of The Second Bank of the United States who refused to pay a new tax the State of Maryland attempted to impose on the bank. McCulloch was the nominal defendant in Maryland's case against the federal government in the state courts, and the petitioner in the US Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819).Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)For more information about McCulloch v. Maryland, see Related Links, below.
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 US 533 (1964)The Petitioner, Reynolds, was Dallas County, Alabama, Probate Judge Bernard A. Reynolds.