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HENRY v. UNITED STATES (1959)

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HENRY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: October 20, 1959
Decided: November 23, 1959
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Earl Warren

HENRY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1959. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1959.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, 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 (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 361 U.S. 98
  • 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 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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