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GOSA v. MAYDEN, WARDEN (1973)

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GOSA v. MAYDEN, WARDEN
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1972
Decided: June 25, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Harry Blackmun
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Concurring
William Rehnquist
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

GOSA v. MAYDEN, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1972.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 413 U.S. 665
  • 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: Harry Blackmun

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.

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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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