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MAYBERRY v. PENNSYLVANIA (1971)

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MAYBERRY v. PENNSYLVANIA
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: December 17, 1970
Decided: January 20, 1971
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • Warren Burger • John Harlan II

MAYBERRY v. PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1971. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1970.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial 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 - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 400 U.S. 455
  • 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: William Douglas

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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