Election law changes? Our legislation tracker’s got you. Check it out!

GOODING v. UNITED STATES (1974)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
GOODING v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1974
Decided: April 29, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

GOODING v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1974. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1974.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 416 U.S. 430
  • 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: 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

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=GOODING_v._UNITED_STATES_(1974)&oldid=9492579"