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JOHNSON v. AVERY, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, et al. (1969)
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| JOHNSON v. AVERY, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, et al. |
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| Term: 1968 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 14, 1968 |
| Decided: February 24, 1969 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren |
| Concurring |
| William Douglas |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • Byron White |
JOHNSON v. AVERY, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1969. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1968.
In a 7-2 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 Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: inadequate representation by counsel (cf. right to counsel)
- Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Tennessee
- Citation: 393 U.S. 483
- 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: Abe Fortas
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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