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BLACKLEDGE, WARDEN, et al. v. PERRY

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1974
Decided: May 20, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

BLACKLEDGE, WARDEN, et al. v. PERRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1974. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1974.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Plea bargaining: the constitutionality of and/or the circumstances of its exercise
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 417 U.S. 21
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: Potter Stewart

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

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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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