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THOMAS v. ARIZONA (1958)

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THOMAS v. ARIZONA
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1958
Decided: May 19, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

THOMAS v. ARIZONA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1958. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1958.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 356 U.S. 390
  • 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: Tom Clark

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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