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NORVELL v. ILLINOIS (1963)

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NORVELL v. ILLINOIS
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1963
Decided: May 27, 1963
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart

NORVELL v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1963. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1963.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - indigents: transcript
  • Petitioner: Indigent defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 373 U.S. 420
  • 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: William Douglas

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.

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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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