HUDSON v. LOUISIANA (1981)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HUDSON v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: December 1, 1980
Decided: February 24, 1981
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

HUDSON v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1981. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1980.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 450 U.S. 40
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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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