MINOR v. UNITED STATES (1969)

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MINOR v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1969
Decided: December 8, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
William BrennanWarren BurgerJohn Harlan IIThurgood MarshallPotter StewartByron White
Dissenting
Hugo BlackWilliam Douglas

MINOR v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1969. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1969.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 87
  • 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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