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DUNCAN v. LOUISIANA (1968)

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DUNCAN v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1968
Decided: May 20, 1968
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Abe Fortas
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

DUNCAN v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1968. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1968.

In a 7-2 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 Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 391 U.S. 145
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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