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ADAMS v. MARYLAND (1954)

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ADAMS v. MARYLAND
Term: 1953
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1954
Decided: March 8, 1954
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

ADAMS v. MARYLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1954. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1954.

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 Maryland State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Self-incrimination, immunity from prosecution
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Maryland
  • Citation: 347 U.S. 179
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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