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FLORIDA v. ROYER (1983)

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FLORIDA v. ROYER
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1982
Decided: March 23, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
William Brennan • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

FLORIDA v. ROYER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1983. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1982.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, 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 - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 460 U.S. 491
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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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