CALIFORNIA v. ROONEY (1987)

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CALIFORNIA v. ROONEY
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1987
Decided: June 23, 1987
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

CALIFORNIA v. ROONEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1987.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. 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: 483 U.S. 307
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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 liberal.

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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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