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KAUFMAN v. UNITED STATES (1969)

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KAUFMAN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: November 19, 1968
Decided: March 24, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

KAUFMAN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1969. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1968.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 217
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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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