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PEREZ v. CALIFORNIA. (1969)
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| PEREZ v. CALIFORNIA. |
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| Term: 1968 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 14, 1968 |
| Decided: May 26, 1969 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 7-1 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| William Douglas |
PEREZ v. CALIFORNIA. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1969. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1968.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: California
- Citation: 395 U.S. 208
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- 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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