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NEW YORK v. BURGER (1987)

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NEW YORK v. BURGER
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1987
Decided: June 19, 1987
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor

NEW YORK v. BURGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1987. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1987.

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 New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 482 U.S. 691
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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