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UNITED STATES v. MANDUJANO (1976)

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UNITED STATES v. MANDUJANO
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1975
Decided: May 19, 1976
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Judgment of the court
Warren Burger
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. MANDUJANO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1976. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1975.

In an 8-0 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 Texas Western 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 - Miranda warnings
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 425 U.S. 564
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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.

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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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