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VON CLEEF et al. v. NEW JERSEY (1969)

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VON CLEEF et al. v. NEW JERSEY
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Decided: June 23, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Byron White

VON CLEEF et al. v. NEW JERSEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1969.

In a 6-2 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 Jersey State Trial 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: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 395 U.S. 814
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 liberal.

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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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