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DUCKWORTH v. EAGAN

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1989
Decided: June 26, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

DUCKWORTH v. EAGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1989.

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 Indiana Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miranda warnings
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 492 U.S. 195
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: William Rehnquist

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.

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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