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WINGO, WARDEN v. WEDDING (1974)

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WINGO, WARDEN v. WEDDING
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1974
Decided: June 26, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Byron White

WINGO, WARDEN v. WEDDING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1974.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Kentucky
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 418 U.S. 461
  • 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: William Brennan

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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