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MASSACHUSETTS v. PAINTEN (1968)

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MASSACHUSETTS v. PAINTEN
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1967
Decided: January 15, 1968
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren
Concurring
Abe Fortas
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MASSACHUSETTS v. PAINTEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1968. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1967.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 389 U.S. 560
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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