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SMITH v. HOOEY, JUDGE (1969)

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SMITH v. HOOEY, JUDGE
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1968
Decided: January 20, 1969
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Byron White

SMITH v. HOOEY, JUDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1969. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1968.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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 - Speedy trial
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 393 U.S. 374
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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