Reid v. Covert
Significance, Two Cases, One Outcome, Time On Covert's Side?
Appellant
Curtis Reid, Superintendent of the District of Columbia Jail
Appellee
Clarice B. Covert
Appellant's Claim
That a district court wrongfully issued a writ of habeas corpus for Covert, who was awaiting retrial on murder charges.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Marvin E. Frankel
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Frederick Bernays Weiner
Justices for the Court
Tom C. Clark (writing for the Court), Harold Burton, John Marshall Harlan II, Sherman Minton, Charles Evans Whittaker
Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Earl Warren, (Felix Frankfurter did not participate)
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
11 June 1956
Decision
Reserved the lower court's issuance of the writ.
Related Cases
- McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819).
- Missouri v. Holland, 525 U.S. 416 (1920).
- Toth v. Quarles, 350 U.S. 11 (1955).
- Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957).
Further Readings
- Hall, Kermit L., ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
- New York Times, June 12, 1956; November 6, 1956.
- Nowak, John E., Ronald D. Rotunda, and J. Nelson Young. Constitutional Law, 2nd ed. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1984.
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