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Michigan v. Long (No. 82-256)
413 Mich. 461, 320 N.W.2d 866, reversed and remanded.
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Opinion
[ O'Connor ]
Concurrence
[ Blackmun ]
Dissent
[ Brennan ]
Dissent
[ Stevens ]
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BLACKMUN, J., Concurring Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

463 U.S. 1032

Michigan v. Long

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN

No. 82-256 Argued: February 23, 1983 --- Decided: July 6, 1983

JUSTICE BLACKMUN, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.

I join Parts I, III, IV, and V of the Court's opinion. While I am satisfied that the Court has jurisdiction in this particular case, I do not join the Court, in Part II of its opinion, in fashioning a new presumption of jurisdiction over cases coming here from state courts. Although I agree with the Court that uniformity in federal criminal law is desirable, I see little efficiency and an increased danger of advisory opinions in the Court's new approach.