CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES (1961)

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CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1961
Decided: April 3, 1961
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Tom Clark

CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1961. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1961.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Middle U.S. District 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: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 365 U.S. 610
  • 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: Charles Whittaker

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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