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MOLINARO v. NEW JERSEY (1970)

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MOLINARO v. NEW JERSEY
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: January 19, 1970
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas

MOLINARO v. NEW JERSEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1970.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: fugitive from justice
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 365
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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