ROSALES-LOPEZ v. UNITED STATES (1981) - Ballotpedia

Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

ROSALES-LOPEZ v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1981
Decided: April 21, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

ROSALES-LOPEZ v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1981. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1981.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: voir dire (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 451 U.S. 182
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Active justices

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Gorsuch • Jackson • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices

Breyer • Kennedy • Souter

Former chief justices

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

Former associate justices

O'Connor • Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=ROSALES-LOPEZ_v._UNITED_STATES_(1981)&oldid=9504032"