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WALTER v. UNITED STATES (1980)

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WALTER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1980
Decided: June 20, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
John Paul Stevens
Majority
Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

WALTER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1980. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1980.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle 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: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 447 U.S. 649
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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