UNITED STATES v. DOE (1984)

UNITED STATES v. DOE
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: December 7, 1983
	Decided: February 28, 1984
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. DOE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1984. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1983.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Jersey 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 465 U.S. 605
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: Lewis Powell

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.