Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1988

Blanton et al. v. City of North Las Vegas, Nevada

Decided March 6, 1989. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1437 · 489 U.S. 538 (1989) · Cited 382 times

Holding

There is no Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury for persons charged under Nevada law with DUI.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

Majority · 9

Thurgood Marshall · delivered the opinion of the Court
Anthony McLeod Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
Byron Raymond White
Harry Andrew Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor
William Hubbs Rehnquist
William Joseph Brennan Jr.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

Baldwin v. New York · 399 U.S. 66 (1970)
Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
Frank v. United States · 395 U.S. 147 (1969)
District of Columbia v. Clawans · 300 U.S. 617 (1937)
Muniz v. Hoffman · 422 U.S. 454 (1975)
Martin v. Ohio · 480 U.S. 228 (1987)
Codispoti v. Pennsylvania · 418 U.S. 506 (1974)
District of Columbia v. Colts · 282 U.S. 63 (1930)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

United States v. Nachtigal · 507 U.S. 1 (1993)
Lewis v. United States · 518 U.S. 322 (1996)
Southern Union Co. v. United States · 567 U.S. 343 (2012)
Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
United States v. Granderson · 511 U.S. 39 (1994)
Edwards v. Vannoy · 593 U.S. 255 (2021)

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