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POWELL v. TEXAS (1968)

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POWELL v. TEXAS
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 7, 1968
Decided: June 17, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Thurgood Marshall
Majority
Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart

POWELL v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1968.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas 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: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 392 U.S. 514
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 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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