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PAYTON v. NEW YORK (1980)

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PAYTON v. NEW YORK
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: March 26, 1979
Decided: April 15, 1980
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White

PAYTON v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1980. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1979.

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: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 445 U.S. 573
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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