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MORAN, SUPERINTENDENT, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. BURBINE (1986)

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MORAN, SUPERINTENDENT, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. BURBINE
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1985
Decided: March 10, 1986
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

MORAN, SUPERINTENDENT, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. BURBINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1986. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1985.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miranda warnings
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Rhode Island
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 475 U.S. 412
  • 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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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