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CALIFORNIA v. CIRAOLO (1986)

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CALIFORNIA v. CIRAOLO
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1985
Decided: May 19, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell

CALIFORNIA v. CIRAOLO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1986. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1985.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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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: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 476 U.S. 207
  • 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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