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PICARD v. CONNOR (1971)

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PICARD v. CONNOR
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1971
Decided: December 20, 1971
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

PICARD v. CONNOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1971. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1971.

In a 6-1 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 Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 404 U.S. 270
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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