BRADEN v. 30TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF KENTUCKY (1973) - Ballotpedia

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BRADEN v. 30TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF KENTUCKY

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1972
Decided: February 28, 1973
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

BRADEN v. 30TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1972.

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 Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 410 U.S. 484
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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