Which ruling was more unanimous, Montejo v. Louisiana or Vacco v. Quill?
Montejo v. Louisiana Montejo v. Louisiana, 556 U.S. 778 (2009), is a 5–4 decision by the United States Supreme Court that overruled the Court's decision in "Michigan v. Jackson", 475 U.S. 625 (1986) . The case concerned the validity of a defendant's waiver of his right to counsel during a police interrogation. In reversing "Jackson", the Court said such a waiver was valid.
Louisiana v. United States (1965) Louisiana v. United States, 380 U.S. 145 (1965) , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that dealt with an "interpretation test" permitted by the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 alleged to deprive Louisiana Negroes of voting rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. Section 1971(a) and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.