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STRUNK, AKA WAGNER v. UNITED STATES (1973)

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STRUNK, AKA WAGNER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1973
Decided: June 11, 1973
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

STRUNK, AKA WAGNER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1973. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1973.

In a 9-0 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 Illinois Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Speedy trial
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 412 U.S. 434
  • 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 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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