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UNITED STATES et al. v. EUGE (1980)

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UNITED STATES et al. v. EUGE
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: November 26, 1979
Decided: February 20, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES et al. v. EUGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1980. The case was argued before the court on November 26, 1979.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 444 U.S. 707
  • 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: 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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