BELL v. BURSON, DIRECTOR, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (1971) - Ballotpedia

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BELL v. BURSON, DIRECTOR, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1971
Decided: May 24, 1971
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger

BELL v. BURSON, DIRECTOR, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1971. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1971.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Georgia State Appellate Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 402 U.S. 535
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: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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