Bell v. Burson, Director, Georgia Department of Public Safety (402 U.S. 535)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 24, 1971 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 402 U.S. 535 · 91 S. Ct. 1586
- Decided
- May 24, 1971
- Term
- October Term 1970
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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