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BALDWIN v. NEW YORK (1970)

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BALDWIN v. NEW YORK
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1969
Decided: June 22, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

BALDWIN v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1970. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1969.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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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: New York
  • Citation: 399 U.S. 66
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 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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