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HUNTER v. DEAN, SHERIFF (1978)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HUNTER v. DEAN, SHERIFF
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1978
Decided: December 11, 1978
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

HUNTER v. DEAN, SHERIFF is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1978. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1978.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 439 U.S. 281
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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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