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TORRES v. PUERTO RICO

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1979
Decided: June 18, 1979
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

TORRES v. PUERTO RICO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1979. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1979.

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 Puerto Rico State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Puerto Rico
Citation: 442 U.S. 465
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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