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Pinkus v. United States, 436 U.S. 293 (1978)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Pinkus v. United States, 436 U.S. 293 (1978)
MR. JUSTICE STEVENS, concurring.
If the Court were prepared to reexamine this area of the law, I would vote to reverse this conviction with instructions to dismiss the indictment. See Marks v. United States, 430 U.S. 188, 198 (STEVENS, J., concurring and dissenting); Smith v. United States, 431 U.S. 291, 311 (STEVENS, J., dissenting); Splawn v. California, 431 U.S. 595, 602 (STEVENS, J., dissenting); Ward v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 767, 777 (STEVENS, J., dissenting). But my views are not now the law. The opinion that THE CHIEF JUSTICE has written is faithful to the cases on which it relies. For that reason, and because a fifth vote is necessary to dispose of this case, I join his opinion.
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John Paul Stevens, "Stevens, J., Concurring," Pinkus v. United States, 436 U.S. 293 (1978) in 436 U.S. 293 Original Sources, accessed July 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PWBA8H4EH5Q2PFA.
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Stevens, John Paul. "Stevens, J., Concurring." Pinkus v. United States, 436 U.S. 293 (1978), in 436 U.S. 293, Original Sources. 12 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PWBA8H4EH5Q2PFA.
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Stevens, JP, 'Stevens, J., Concurring' in Pinkus v. United States, 436 U.S. 293 (1978). cited in 1978, 436 U.S. 293. Original Sources, retrieved 12 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PWBA8H4EH5Q2PFA.
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