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HAYNES v. WASHINGTON (1963)

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HAYNES v. WASHINGTON
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1963
Decided: May 27, 1963
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

HAYNES v. WASHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1963. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1963.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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.

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: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 373 U.S. 503
  • 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: Arthur Goldberg

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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