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GROSSO v. UNITED STATES (1968)

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GROSSO v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1967
Decided: January 29, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Earl Warren

GROSSO v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1968. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1967.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 390 U.S. 62
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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