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PETERS v. KIFF, WARDEN (1972)

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PETERS v. KIFF, WARDEN
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1972
Decided: June 22, 1972
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Thurgood Marshall
Majority
William Douglas • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

PETERS v. KIFF, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1972. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1972.

In a 6-3 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 Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 407 U.S. 493
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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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