NEIL, WARDEN v. BIGGERS (1972)

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NEIL, WARDEN v. BIGGERS
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1972
Decided: December 6, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart

NEIL, WARDEN v. BIGGERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1972. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1972.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee Middle 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 - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Tennessee
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 409 U.S. 188
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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.

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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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