Mitchell v. Wisconsin

Decided June 27, 2019. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-6210 · 588 U.S. 840 (2019) · Cited 152 times

Holding

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s judgment—affirming the drunk-driving convictions of petitioner Mitchell, who was administered a warrantless blood test while he was unconscious—is vacated, and the case is remanded.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• Missouri v. McNeely · 569 U.S. 141 (2013)
• Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard · 579 U.S. 438 (2016)
• Schmerber v. California · 384 U.S. 757 (1966)
• Kentucky v. King · 563 U.S. 452 (2011)
• Michigan v. Tyler · 436 U.S. 499 (1978)
• South Dakota v. Neville · 459 U.S. 553 (1983)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• MacKey v. Montrym · 443 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Brigham City v. Stuart · 547 U.S. 398 (2006)
• Welsh v. Wisconsin · 466 U.S. 740 (1984)
• United States v. Santana · 427 U.S. 38 (1976)
• Georgia v. Randolph · 547 U.S. 103 (2006)
• Breithaupt v. Abram · 352 U.S. 432 (1957)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · 412 U.S. 218 (1973)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Bumper v. North Carolina · 391 U.S. 543 (1968)
• Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
• Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton · 515 U.S. 646 (1995)
• Kentucky v. Stincer · 482 U.S. 730 (1987)
• Groh v. Ramirez · 540 U.S. 551 (2004)
• Perez. v. Campbell · 402 U.S. 637 (1971)
• Richards v. Wisconsin · 520 U.S. 385 (1997)
• Tate v. Short · 401 U.S. 395 (1971)
• Cupp v. Murphy · 412 U.S. 291 (1973)
• Illinois v. McArthur · 531 U.S. 326 (2001)
• Wood v. Milyard · 566 U.S. 463 (2012)
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
• United States v. Banks · 540 U.S. 31 (2003)

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