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UNITED STATES v. ENMONS et al. (1973)

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UNITED STATES v. ENMONS et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1972
Decided: February 22, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Douglas • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

UNITED STATES v. ENMONS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1972.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern 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: Hobbs Act; i.e., 18 USC 1951
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 396
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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