Powell V. Alabama
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Date decided | 1932 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Date argued | 1932 |
Dissent | Butler |
McReynolds | |
Majority | Sutherland |
Hughes | |
Van Devanter | |
Brandeis | |
Stone | |
Roberts | |
Cardozo | |
Subsequent | Supreme Court of Alabama |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 777537 |
About Powell V. Alabama
In Powell v. Alabama, 287 U. S. 45, the United States Supreme Court reversed the convictions of nine young black men for allegedly raping two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama.