TEHAN, SHERIFF v. UNITED STATES ex rel. SHOTT (1966)

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TEHAN, SHERIFF v. UNITED STATES ex rel. SHOTT
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 18, 1965
Decided: January 19, 1966
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

TEHAN, SHERIFF v. UNITED STATES ex rel. SHOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1965.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Ohio
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 406
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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