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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	NEW JERSEY v. PORTASH LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 20, 1979
Date Argument	December 05, 1978
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	440 U.S. 450 99 S. Ct. 1292 1979 U.S. LEXIS 73 59 L. Ed. 2d 501
Docket	77-1489

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	State Trial Court New Jersey
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	State Appellate Court New Jersey
Petitioner	State New Jersey
Respondent	person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Self-incrimination, Immunity From Prosecution CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fifth Amendment (self-incrimination)
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stewart White Stevens regular concurrence Brennan Marshall Powell Rehnquist dissent Burger Blackmun

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1978-058-01

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