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LEGO v. TWOMEY, WARDEN (1972)

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LEGO v. TWOMEY, WARDEN
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: November 11, 1971
Decided: January 12, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

LEGO v. TWOMEY, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1972. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1971.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 404 U.S. 477
  • 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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