OSBORN v. UNITED STATES (1966)

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OSBORN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1966
Decided: December 12, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
William Douglas

OSBORN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1966. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1966.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 385 U.S. 323
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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