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ANDERS v. CALIFORNIA (1967)

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ANDERS v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: March 14, 1967
Decided: May 8, 1967
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

ANDERS v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 8, 1967. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1967.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California State Appellate Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: appointment of counsel (cf. right to counsel)
  • Petitioner: Indigent defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 386 U.S. 738
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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