MCMANN, WARDEN, et al. v. RICHARDSON et al. (1970)

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MCMANN, WARDEN, et al. v. RICHARDSON et al.
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1970
Decided: May 4, 1970
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

MCMANN, WARDEN, et al. v. RICHARDSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1970. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1970.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Plea bargaining: the constitutionality of and/or the circumstances of its exercise
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 759
  • 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: Byron White

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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