BURDEAU v. MCDOWELL (1921)
BURDEAU v. MCDOWELL |
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Term: 1920 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 11, 1921 |
Decided: June 1, 1921 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
6-2 |
Majority |
John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter |
Dissenting |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes |
BURDEAU v. MCDOWELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1921. The case was argued before the court on April 11, 1921.
In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
- Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 256 U.S. 465
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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