Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.

TACON v. ARIZONA (1973)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
TACON v. ARIZONA
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1973
Decided: February 21, 1973
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

TACON v. ARIZONA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1973. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial 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.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 351
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=TACON_v._ARIZONA_(1973)&oldid=9506451"