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NEW YORK v. UPLINGER et al. (1984)

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NEW YORK v. UPLINGER et al.
Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1984
Decided: May 30, 1984
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White

NEW YORK v. UPLINGER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 1984. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1984.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 467 U.S. 246
  • 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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