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BUMPER v. NORTH CAROLINA

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1968
Decided: June 3, 1968
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Douglas • John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Byron White

BUMPER v. NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1968. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1968.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jurors and death penalty (cf. cruel and unusual punishment)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 391 U.S. 543
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: 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

The Supreme Court Database

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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