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ARKANSAS v. SANDERS (1979)

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ARKANSAS v. SANDERS
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1979
Decided: June 20, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist

ARKANSAS v. SANDERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1979. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1979.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas 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 - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arkansas
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 442 U.S. 753
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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