TEXAS v. BROWN (1983)

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TEXAS v. BROWN
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1983
Decided: April 19, 1983
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Judgment of the court
William Rehnquist
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

TEXAS v. BROWN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1983. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1983.

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: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 460 U.S. 730
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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