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HARRIS v. UNITED STATES (1968)

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HARRIS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1968
Decided: March 5, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas

HARRIS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1968. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1968.

In an 8-0 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 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 - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 390 U.S. 234
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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