MOON v. MARYLAND (1970)

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MOON v. MARYLAND
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1970
Decided: June 8, 1970
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II

MOON v. MARYLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1970. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1970.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Maryland
  • Citation: 398 U.S. 319
  • 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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