United States v. Gouveia

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United States v. Gouveia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 20, 1984
Decided May 29, 1984
Full case name: United States v. William Gouveia, et al.
Citations: 467 U.S. 180; 104 S. Ct. 2292; 81 L. Ed. 2d 146; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 91; 52 U.S.L.W. 4659
Prior history: Cert. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority by: Rehnquist
Joined by: Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, O'Connor
Concurrence by: Stevens
Joined by: Brennan
Dissent by: 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.

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