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JONES v. CUNNINGHAM, PENITENTIARY SUPERINTENDENT (1963)

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JONES v. CUNNINGHAM, PENITENTIARY SUPERINTENDENT
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1962
Decided: January 14, 1963
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasArthur GoldbergJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White

JONES v. CUNNINGHAM, PENITENTIARY SUPERINTENDENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1963. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1962.

In a 9-0 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 Virginia Eastern U.S. District 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 - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 371 U.S. 236
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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