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UNITED STATES v. WHITE (1971)

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UNITED STATES v. WHITE
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1969
Decided: April 5, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall

UNITED STATES v. WHITE 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 November 10, 1969.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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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: 401 U.S. 745
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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