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YOUNGER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. GILMORE et al.

Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1971
Decided: November 8, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White

YOUNGER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. GILMORE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 8, 1971. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1971.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 404 U.S. 15
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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 liberal.

See also

External links

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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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