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SKINNER et al. v. LOUISIANA (1969)

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SKINNER et al. v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1968
Decided: January 27, 1969
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren

SKINNER et al. v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1969. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1968.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana 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 - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 393 U.S. 473
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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