LONG v. DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY (1966) - Ballotpedia

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LONG v. DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY

Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1966
Decided: December 5, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

LONG v. DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1966.

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 Iowa 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: transcript
Petitioner: Indigent defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Iowa
Citation: 385 U.S. 192
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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