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MONKS v. NEW JERSEY (1970)

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MONKS v. NEW JERSEY
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1970
Decided: May 25, 1970
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

MONKS v. NEW JERSEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1970. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1970.

In a 6-2 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 - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 398 U.S. 71
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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