WAINWRIGHT v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (1968)

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WAINWRIGHT v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 1967
Decided: June 17, 1968
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
William Douglas • Earl Warren

WAINWRIGHT v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1968. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1967.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 392 U.S. 598
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 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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