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UNITED STATES v. GOODWIN

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1982
Decided: June 18, 1982
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

UNITED STATES v. GOODWIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1982. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1982.

In a 7-2 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Plea bargaining: the constitutionality of and/or the circumstances of its exercise
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 457 U.S. 368
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: John Paul Stevens

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.

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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