SOUTH DAKOTA v. OPPERMAN (1976)

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SOUTH DAKOTA v. OPPERMAN
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1976
Decided: July 6, 1976
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White

SOUTH DAKOTA v. OPPERMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 6, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1976.

In a 5-4 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 South Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: South Dakota
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 428 U.S. 364
  • 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 conservative.

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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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