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WINSTON, SHERIFF, et al. v. LEE (1985)

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WINSTON, SHERIFF, et al. v. LEE
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 1984
Decided: March 20, 1985
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

WINSTON, SHERIFF, et al. v. LEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern 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: State
  • Petitioner state: Virginia
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 470 U.S. 753
  • 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 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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