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HARRINGTON v. CALIFORNIA (1969)

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HARRINGTON v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1969
Decided: June 2, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren

HARRINGTON v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1969. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1969.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial 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 - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 395 U.S. 250
  • 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: William Douglas

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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