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SPINELLI v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1968
Decided: January 27, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Earl Warren
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart

SPINELLI v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1969. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1968.

In a 5-3 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 Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 393 U.S. 410
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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.

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

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