United States v. Washington

Decided May 23, 1977. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-1106 · 431 U.S. 181 (1977) · Cited 345 times

Holding

Respondent's grand jury testimony may properly be used against him in a subsequent trial.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Garner v. United States · 424 U.S. 648 (1976)
• Michigan v. Tucker · 417 U.S. 433 (1974)
• Beckwith v. United States · 425 U.S. 341 (1976)
• United States v. Mandujano · 425 U.S. 564 (1976)
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · 412 U.S. 218 (1973)
• United States v. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
• Oregon v. Mathiason · 429 U.S. 492 (1977)
• Hoffa v. United States · 385 U.S. 293 (1966)
• Rogers v. Richmond · 365 U.S. 534 (1961)
• Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547 (1892)
• Lawn v. United States · 355 U.S. 339 (1958)
• Ristaino v. Ross · 424 U.S. 589 (1976)
• United States v. Blue · 384 U.S. 251 (1966)
• United States v. Monia · 317 U.S. 424 (1943)
• United States v. Washington · 431 U.S. 181 (1977)

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