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BARNES v. UNITED STATES (1973)

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BARNES v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1973
Decided: June 18, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

BARNES v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1973. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District 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: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 412 U.S. 837
  • 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 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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