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TENNESSEE v. STREET (1985)

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TENNESSEE v. STREET
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: March 18, 1985
Decided: May 13, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

TENNESSEE v. STREET is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1985. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1985.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Tennessee
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 471 U.S. 409
  • 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 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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