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UNITED STATES v. SWEET (1970)

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UNITED STATES v. SWEET
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: June 29, 1970
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. SWEET is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1970.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 399 U.S. 517
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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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