Burch et al. v. Louisiana (441 U.S. 130)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 17, 1979 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 441 U.S. 130 · 99 S. Ct. 1623
- Decided
- April 17, 1979
- Term
- October Term 1978
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Rehnquist
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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