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WATTS v. INDIANA (1949)

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WATTS v. INDIANA
Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1949
Decided: June 27, 1949
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Felix Frankfurter
Majority
Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

WATTS v. INDIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1949. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1949.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Indiana
  • Citation: 338 U.S. 49
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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