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OYLER v. BOLES, WARDEN (1962)

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OYLER v. BOLES, WARDEN
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1961
Decided: February 19, 1962
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

OYLER v. BOLES, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1962. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1961.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: West Virginia
  • Citation: 368 U.S. 448
  • 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: Tom Clark

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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