WARDEN, LEWISBURG PENITENTIARY v. MARRERO (1974) - Ballotpedia

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WARDEN, LEWISBURG PENITENTIARY v. MARRERO

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1974
Decided: June 19, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

WARDEN, LEWISBURG PENITENTIARY v. MARRERO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1974.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Probationer, or parolee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 417 U.S. 653
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 Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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