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PALMER v. ASHE, WARDEN

Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1951
Decided: December 11, 1951
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

PALMER v. ASHE, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1951. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1951.

In a 5-4 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 Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 342 U.S. 134
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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