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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES (1971)

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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1971
Decided: April 5, 1971
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • Potter Stewart

JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1971. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1971.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 401 U.S. 846
  • 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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