In re LITTLE (1972)

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In re LITTLE
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Decided: January 24, 1972
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

In re LITTLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1972.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: North Carolina
  • Citation: 404 U.S. 553
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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