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CALIFORNIA v. BROWN (1987)

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CALIFORNIA v. BROWN
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 1986
Decided: January 27, 1987
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

CALIFORNIA v. BROWN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1986.

In a 5-4 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 California State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 479 U.S. 538
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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