BREWER, WARDEN v. WILLIAMS (1977)

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BREWER, WARDEN v. WILLIAMS
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 1976
Decided: March 23, 1977
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White

BREWER, WARDEN v. WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1977. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1976.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Iowa
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 430 U.S. 387
  • 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: 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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