UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON (1982)

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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON
Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1982
Decided: June 21, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1982. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1982.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central 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: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 457 U.S. 537
  • 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: Harry Blackmun

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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