NELSON, WARDEN v. GEORGE (1970)

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NELSON, WARDEN v. GEORGE
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: March 31, 1970
Decided: June 29, 1970
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall

NELSON, WARDEN v. GEORGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1970. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1970.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 399 U.S. 224
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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