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MANCUSI, WARDEN v. DEFORTE (1968)

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MANCUSI, WARDEN v. DEFORTE
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1968
Decided: June 17, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MANCUSI, WARDEN v. DEFORTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1968. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1968.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 392 U.S. 364
  • 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: John Harlan II

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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