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NEW JERSEY v. PORTASH (1979)

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NEW JERSEY v. PORTASH
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1978
Decided: March 20, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger

NEW JERSEY v. PORTASH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1979. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1978.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Self-incrimination, immunity from prosecution
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New Jersey
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 440 U.S. 450
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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 liberal.

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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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