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COUCH v. UNITED STATES et al. (1973)

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COUCH v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1972
Decided: January 9, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

COUCH v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1973. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1972.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 409 U.S. 322
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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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