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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	EATON v. CITY OF TULSA LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 25, 1974
Date Argument	none
Decision Type	per curiam (no oral argument)
Citations	415 U.S. 697 94 S. Ct. 1228 1974 U.S. LEXIS 116 39 L. Ed. 2d 693
Docket	73-5925

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	State Trial Court Oklahoma
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	State Supreme Court Oklahoma
Petitioner	person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent	city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit Oklahoma

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Contempt Of Court Or Congress
Vote Coalition	6 - 3
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Douglas Brennan Stewart White Marshall regular concurrence Powell dissent Burger Blackmun Rehnquist

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1973-078-01

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