Ludwig v. Massachusetts
| Ludwig v. Massachusetts | |
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| Argued April 26, 1976 Decided June 30, 1976 | |
| Full case name | Richard I. Ludwig v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Citations | 427 U.S. 618 (more) 96 S. Ct. 2781; 49 L. Ed. 2d 732; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 1 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Commonwealth v. Ludwig, 368 Mass. 138, 330 N.E.2d 467 (1975); probable jurisdiction noted, 423 U.S. 945 (1975). |
| Holding | |
| Where a defendant was tried in the lower-trial court, that had no right to a jury, and then appealed to the higher court, whose proceedings would be held de novo with a jury, there was no violation of the right to jury or violation of double jeopardy upon proceedings in the higher tier of the trial court. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Blackmun, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | Powell |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Brennan, Stewart, Marshall |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const., Amend. VI U.S. Const., Amend. XIV, U.S. Const., Amend. V, | |
Ludwig v. Massachusetts, 427 U.S. 618 (1976), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Massachusetts two-tier court system did not deprive Ludwig of his U.S. Const., Amend. XIV right to a jury trial and did not violate the double jeopardy clause of the U.S. Const., Amend. V.