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UNITED STATES v. SANFORD et al. (1976)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. SANFORD et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Decided: October 12, 1976
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

UNITED STATES v. SANFORD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 12, 1976.

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 Montana U.S. District Court.

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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: 429 U.S. 14
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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