YBARRA v. ILLINOIS (1979)

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YBARRA v. ILLINOIS
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 1979
Decided: November 28, 1979
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William BrennanThurgood MarshallLewis PowellJohn Paul StevensPotter StewartByron White
Dissenting
Harry BlackmunWarren BurgerWilliam Rehnquist

YBARRA v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 1979. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1979.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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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: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 444 U.S. 85
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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 liberal.

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