ARIZONA v. HICKS (1987)

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ARIZONA v. HICKS
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1986
Decided: March 3, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

ARIZONA v. HICKS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 480 U.S. 321
  • 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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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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