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CALIFORNIA v. HODARI D.

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1991
Decided: April 23, 1991
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Byron White
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

CALIFORNIA v. HODARI D. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1991. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1991.

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 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: 499 U.S. 621
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: Antonin Scalia

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.

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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