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MICHIGAN v. CLIFFORD et al. (1984)

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MICHIGAN v. CLIFFORD et al.
Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: October 5, 1983
Decided: January 11, 1984
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Lewis Powell
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

MICHIGAN v. CLIFFORD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1984. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1983.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial 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: Michigan
  • Respondent type: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 464 U.S. 287
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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