CHAMBERS v. MARONEY, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT (1970)

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CHAMBERS v. MARONEY, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1970
Decided: June 22, 1970
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
John Harlan II

CHAMBERS v. MARONEY, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1970. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1970.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 399 U.S. 42
  • 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: 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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