Douglas v. California
Case Date: 07/22/1963
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Bennie Will Meyes and William Douglas
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 7, 1962
Reargued January 16, 1963
Decided March 18, 1963
Full case name
Douglas et. al. v. State of California
Prior history
Appeal from the District Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District
Holding
Denying defense counsel during appellate review is unconstitutional
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
Majority
Douglas, joined by Black, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg
Dissent
Clark
Dissent
Harlan, joined by Stewart
Laws applied
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Douglas v. California
Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353 (1963), was a case before the United States Supreme Court.
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