SIGLER, WARDEN v. PARKER (1970)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
SIGLER, WARDEN v. PARKER
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: January 26, 1970
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • Warren Burger
Dissenting
William Douglas

SIGLER, WARDEN v. PARKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1970.

In a 7-1 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 Nebraska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Nebraska
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 482
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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