Scott v. Illinois (440 U.S. 367)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 5, 1979 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 440 U.S. 367 · 99 S. Ct. 1158
- Decided
- March 5, 1979
- Term
- October Term 1978
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Rehnquist
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
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