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MCKEIVER et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA (1971)

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MCKEIVER et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1970
Decided: June 21, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Harry Blackmun
Majority
Warren Burger • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan • John Harlan II • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

MCKEIVER et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1971. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1970.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 403 U.S. 528
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment 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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