PROCUNIER, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. ATCHLEY (1971) - Ballotpedia

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PROCUNIER, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. ATCHLEY

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: November 18, 1970
Decided: January 19, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black

PROCUNIER, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. ATCHLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1971. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1970.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 400 U.S. 446
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: 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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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