ESKRIDGE v. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES (1958) - Ballotpedia

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ESKRIDGE v. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: May 19, 1958
Decided: June 16, 1958
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

ESKRIDGE v. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1958. The case was argued before the court on May 19, 1958.

In a 6-2 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 Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: transcript
Petitioner: Indigent defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 357 U.S. 214
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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External links

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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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