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WILLIAMS v. OKLAHOMA CITY et al. (1969)

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WILLIAMS v. OKLAHOMA CITY et al.
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1969
Decided: June 9, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black

WILLIAMS v. OKLAHOMA CITY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1969. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1969.

In an 8-0 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 Oklahoma 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: Civil Rights - indigents: transcript
  • Petitioner: Indigent defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 395 U.S. 458
  • 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 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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