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In re SPENCER (1970)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
In re SPENCER
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1970
Decided: May 4, 1970
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White

In re SPENCER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1970. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1970.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 817
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • 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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