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UNITED STATES v. TATEO (1964)

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UNITED STATES v. TATEO
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1964
Decided: June 8, 1964
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William BrennanTom ClarkJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White
Dissenting
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasArthur Goldberg

UNITED STATES v. TATEO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1964. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1964.

In a 6-3 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: 377 U.S. 463
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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