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ILLINOIS v. ALLEN (1970)

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ILLINOIS v. ALLEN
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1970
Decided: March 31, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • William Douglas

ILLINOIS v. ALLEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1970. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1970.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 337
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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