DEBACKER v. BRAINARD, SHERIFF (1969)

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DEBACKER v. BRAINARD, SHERIFF
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1969
Decided: November 12, 1969
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

DEBACKER v. BRAINARD, SHERIFF is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 1969. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1969.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Nebraska State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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 - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Nebraska
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 28
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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