SEE v. CITY OF SEATTLE (1967)

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SEE v. CITY OF SEATTLE
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1967
Decided: June 5, 1967
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

SEE v. CITY OF SEATTLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1967. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1967.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 387 U.S. 541
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 liberal.

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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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