Lakeside v. Oregon

435 U.S. 333 · Decided March 22, 1978 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Lakeside v. Oregon was decided on March 22, 1978 by a vote of 6–2. The Court affirmed the lower court's decision. Justice Potter Stewart wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Self-incrimination (general)” in the Criminal Procedure area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: William J. Brennan Jr..

Full case caption

Lakeside v. Oregon

SCDB identifiers: case 1977-055, docket 1977-055-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Self-incrimination (general)”

• United States v. Wong
  431 U.S. 174Decided May 23, 19779–0Warren E. Burger
• United States v. Washington
  431 U.S. 181Decided May 23, 19777–2Warren E. Burger
• Andresen v. Maryland
  427 U.S. 463Decided June 29, 19767–2Harry A. Blackmun
• Fisher v. United States
  425 U.S. 391Decided April 21, 19768–0Byron R. White
• United States v. Euge
  444 U.S. 707Decided February 20, 19806–3William H. Rehnquist
• Garner v. United States
  424 U.S. 648Decided March 23, 19768–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Fifth Amendment (self-incrimination)

• Lefkowitz v. CunninghamLaw held unconstitutional
  431 U.S. 801Decided June 13, 19777–1Warren E. Burger
• New Jersey v. Portash
  440 U.S. 450Decided March 20, 19797–2Potter Stewart
• United States v. Apfelbaum
  445 U.S. 115Decided March 3, 19809–0William H. Rehnquist
• United States v. Nobles
  422 U.S. 225Decided June 23, 19758–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Lefkowitz v. TurleyLaw held unconstitutional
  414 U.S. 70Decided November 19, 19739–0Byron R. White
• Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy
  459 U.S. 248Decided January 11, 19837–2Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Same Term, same area (Criminal Procedure)

• Rinaldi v. United States
  434 U.S. 22Decided November 7, 19776–3Per curiam
• Pennsylvania v. Mimms
  434 U.S. 106Decided December 5, 19776–3Per curiam
• United States v. New York Telephone Co.
  434 U.S. 159Decided December 7, 19775–4Byron R. White
• Moore v. Illinois
  434 U.S. 220Decided December 12, 19778–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Smith v. Digmon
  434 U.S. 332Decided January 16, 19789–0Per curiam
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes
  434 U.S. 357Decided January 18, 19785–4Potter Stewart

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error