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APODACA et al. v. OREGON (1972)

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APODACA et al. v. OREGON
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1971
Decided: May 22, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

APODACA et al. v. OREGON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1972. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1971.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oregon
  • Citation: 406 U.S. 404
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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 conservative.

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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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