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PARKER v. RANDOLPH et al. (1979)

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PARKER v. RANDOLPH et al.
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1979
Decided: May 29, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
William Rehnquist
Majority
Warren Burger • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

PARKER v. RANDOLPH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1979. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1979.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Tennessee
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 442 U.S. 62
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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