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JUSTICES OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT v. LYDON (1984)

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JUSTICES OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT v. LYDON
Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1983
Decided: April 18, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

JUSTICES OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT v. LYDON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1984. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1983.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Court or judicial district
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 466 U.S. 294
  • 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: Byron White

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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