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UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES COIN & CURRENCY

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1969
Decided: April 5, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES COIN & CURRENCY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1971. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1969.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 401 U.S. 715
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: 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 liberal.

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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