NEWSOM v. SMYTH, SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY (1961) - Ballotpedia

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NEWSOM v. SMYTH, SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY

Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1961
Decided: March 27, 1961
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

NEWSOM v. SMYTH, SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1961. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1961.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia 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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Indigent defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 365 U.S. 604
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 conservative.

See also

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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