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BRUTON v. UNITED STATES (1968)

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BRUTON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 11, 1968
Decided: May 20, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Byron White

BRUTON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1968.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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 - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 391 U.S. 123
  • 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: 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.

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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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