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MICHIGAN v. DORAN (1978)

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MICHIGAN v. DORAN
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 1978
Decided: December 18, 1978
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

MICHIGAN v. DORAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 18, 1978. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1978.

In a 9-0 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 Michigan 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 - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Michigan
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 439 U.S. 282
  • 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: Warren Burger

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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