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SWAIN, REFORMATORY SUPERINTENDENT v. PRESSLEY

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1977
Decided: March 22, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

SWAIN, REFORMATORY SUPERINTENDENT v. PRESSLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1977. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1977.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: District of Columbia
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 430 U.S. 372
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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