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CAMPBELL et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1963
Decided: May 27, 1963
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

CAMPBELL et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1963. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1963.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 373 U.S. 487
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

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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