TATE v. SHORT (1971)

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TATE v. SHORT
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1971
Decided: March 2, 1971
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • John Harlan II

TATE v. SHORT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1971.

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 Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: payment of fine
  • Petitioner: Indigent defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 401 U.S. 395
  • 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: William Brennan

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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