LUDWIG v. MASSACHUSETTS (1976)

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LUDWIG v. MASSACHUSETTS
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1976
Decided: June 30, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

LUDWIG v. MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1976. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1976.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Massachusetts
  • Citation: 427 U.S. 618
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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