United States v. Gouveia
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United States v. Gouveia | |
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Argued March 20, 1984 Decided May 29, 1984 | |
Full case name | United States v. William Gouveia, et al. |
Citations | 467 U.S. 180 (more) 104 S. Ct. 2292; 81 L. Ed. 2d 146; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 91; 52 U.S.L.W. 4659 |
Case history | |
Prior | Cert. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Holding | |
Respondents were not constitutionally entitled to the appointment of counsel while they were in administrative segregation and before any adversary judicial proceedings had been initiated against them. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, O'Connor |
Concurrence | Stevens, joined by Brennan |
Dissent | Marshall |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VI |
United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984)[1], was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that prisoners in administrative segregation pending the investigation of crimes committed within the prison had no Sixth Amendment entitlement to counsel prior to the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings against them.