NEW JERSEY et al. v. RUSSO et al. (1966) - Ballotpedia

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NEW JERSEY et al. v. RUSSO et al.

Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: June 20, 1966
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

NEW JERSEY et al. v. RUSSO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1966.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: New Jersey
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 384 U.S. 889
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 conservative.

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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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