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ROGERS v. UNITED STATES (1975)

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ROGERS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: April 14, 1975
Decided: June 17, 1975
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistPotter StewartByron White
Concurring
William DouglasThurgood Marshall

ROGERS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1975. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 1975.

In a 9-0 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 Louisiana Western 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 - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 422 U.S. 35
  • 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: Warren Burger

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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