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CRUZ v. NEW YORK

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 1, 1986
Decided: April 21, 1987
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

CRUZ v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 481 U.S. 186
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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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