BURRELL et al. v. MCCRAY et al. (1976)

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BURRELL et al. v. MCCRAY et al.
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1976
Decided: June 14, 1976
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

BURRELL et al. v. MCCRAY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1976. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Maryland
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 426 U.S. 471
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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