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BROWN et al. v. UNITED STATES (1973)

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BROWN et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1972
Decided: April 17, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

BROWN et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1972.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Eastern 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: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 411 U.S. 223
  • 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: Warren Burger

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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