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NORTH CAROLINA et al. v. PEARCE (1969)

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NORTH CAROLINA et al. v. PEARCE
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1969
Decided: June 23, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II

NORTH CAROLINA et al. v. PEARCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1969. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1969.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: North Carolina
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 395 U.S. 711
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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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