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SMITH v. YEAGER, WARDEN (1968)

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SMITH v. YEAGER, WARDEN
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Decided: November 12, 1968
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Byron White

SMITH v. YEAGER, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 1968.

In an 8-1 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 New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 393 U.S. 122
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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