Shaffer et al. v. Heitner (433 U.S. 186)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 24, 1977 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 433 U.S. 186 · 97 S. Ct. 2569
- Decided
- June 24, 1977
- Term
- October Term 1976
- Vote
- 7–1
- Majority author
- Justice Marshall
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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