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In re WINSHIP (1970)

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In re WINSHIP
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1970
Decided: March 31, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart

In re WINSHIP 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 January 20, 1970.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 358
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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