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UNITED STATES v. RADDATZ (1980)

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UNITED STATES v. RADDATZ
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1980
Decided: June 23, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. RADDATZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1980. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1980.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: impartial decision maker
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 447 U.S. 667
  • 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: 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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