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SIBRON v. NEW YORK (1968)

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SIBRON v. NEW YORK
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1967
Decided: June 10, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black

SIBRON v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1968. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1967.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 392 U.S. 40
  • 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: Earl Warren

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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