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UNITED STATES v. VILLAMONTE-MARQUEZ et al. (1983)
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| UNITED STATES v. VILLAMONTE-MARQUEZ et al. |
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| Term: 1982 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 23, 1983 |
| Decided: June 17, 1983 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens |
UNITED STATES v. VILLAMONTE-MARQUEZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1983. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1983.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 462 U.S. 579
- 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: William Rehnquist
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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