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UNITED STATES v. MENDENHALL

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1980
Decided: May 27, 1980
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Potter Stewart
Majority
William Rehnquist
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. MENDENHALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1980. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1980.

In a 5-4 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 Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 446 U.S. 544
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: 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 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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