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GERSTEIN v. PUGH et al.

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1974
Decided: February 18, 1975
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

GERSTEIN v. PUGH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1975. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1974.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 420 U.S. 103
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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