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UNITED STATES v. BASS (1971)

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UNITED STATES v. BASS
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1971
Decided: December 20, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger

UNITED STATES v. BASS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1971. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1971.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: firearms
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 404 U.S. 336
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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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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