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BLACKBURN v. ALABAMA (1960)

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BLACKBURN v. ALABAMA
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1959
Decided: January 11, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Tom Clark

BLACKBURN v. ALABAMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1960. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1959.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person allegedly criminally insane or mentally incompetent to stand trial
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Alabama
  • Citation: 361 U.S. 199
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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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