CARDINALE v. LOUISIANA (1969)

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CARDINALE v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1969
Decided: April 1, 1969
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Abe Fortas

CARDINALE v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 1969. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1969.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 437
  • 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: Byron White

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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