LASSITER v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (1981)

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LASSITER v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1981
Decided: June 1, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

LASSITER v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1981. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1981.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: Parent or parents
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: North Carolina
  • Citation: 452 U.S. 18
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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