Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

BLAU v. UNITED STATES (1950)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
BLAU v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 1950
Decided: December 11, 1950
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

BLAU v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1950. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1950.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado Colorado U.S. District Court.

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

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 340 U.S. 159
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=BLAU_v._UNITED_STATES_(1950)&oldid=9485457"