MICHIGAN v. PAYNE (1973)

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MICHIGAN v. PAYNE
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1973
Decided: May 21, 1973
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

MICHIGAN v. PAYNE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1973. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, 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: State
  • Petitioner state: Michigan
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 412 U.S. 47
  • 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 conservative.

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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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