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HENDERSON et al. v. UNITED STATES (1986)

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HENDERSON et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1986
Decided: May 19, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren BurgerSandra Day O'ConnorLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanThurgood MarshallByron White

HENDERSON et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1986.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Speedy trial
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 476 U.S. 321
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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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