Townsend v. Sain
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Syllabus
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Provisions
The Constitution Annotated's essays on these provisions cite this case.
- Article III, Section 1, Clause 1suggested link
Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays ArtIII.S1.6.9, pp. 909, 910, 913.
Overrules
- Brown v. Allen (1953)suggested link
Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), Table of Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions, p. 2445: Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293 (1963) — Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. 443 (1953).
Why it is here
The library's first set of cases is chosen by fixed rules from the Constitution Annotated (2022), which cites this case as “Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293 (1963)”:
- overrules Brown v. Allen (table of overruled decisions)