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UNITED STATES v. JORN (1971)

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UNITED STATES v. JORN
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1970
Decided: January 25, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
John Harlan II
Majority
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. JORN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 25, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1970.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah 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 - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 400 U.S. 470
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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