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MICHIGAN v. SUMMERS (1981)

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MICHIGAN v. SUMMERS
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1981
Decided: June 22, 1981
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

MICHIGAN v. SUMMERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1981. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1981.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, 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 accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 452 U.S. 692
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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