Palko v. Connecticut

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case criminal law case selective incorporation case

Palko v. Connecticut is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped define the doctrine of selective incorporation by holding that only certain fundamental rights in the Bill of Rights apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ selective incorporation case ⓘ
arguedDate	1937-10-12 ⓘ
citation	302 U.S. 319 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1937-12-06 ⓘ
dissentingJustice	George Sutherland ⓘ Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ surface form: James C. McReynolds Pierce Butler ⓘ Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
fullName	Palko v. Connecticut self-link ⓘ
holding	Only those rights that are of the very essence of a scheme of ordered liberty are incorporated against the states ⓘ The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment is not applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
impact	Established that not all provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to the states ⓘ Helped define the doctrine of selective incorporation ⓘ Influenced later incorporation cases under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
issue	Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause is a fundamental right applicable to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
keyword	Bill of Rights ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment incorporation ⓘ fundamental rights ⓘ
legalDoctrine	ordered liberty test ⓘ selective incorporation ⓘ
majorityJustices	George Sutherland ⓘ Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Harlan F. Stone Hugo L. Black ⓘ Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ surface form: James C. McReynolds Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ surface form: Owen J. Roberts Pierce Butler ⓘ Stanley Forman Reed ⓘ surface form: Stanley F. Reed
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo
overruledBy	Benton v. Maryland ⓘ
overruledInPart	Benton v. Maryland ⓘ
overrulingCaseCitation	395 U.S. 784 ⓘ
petitioner	Frank Palko ⓘ
relatedCase	Benton v. Maryland ⓘ Duncan v. Louisiana ⓘ Gitlow v. New York ⓘ Near v. Minnesota ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision	Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	Connecticut ⓘ surface form: State of Connecticut
result	Conviction of Frank Palko for first-degree murder affirmed ⓘ
stateInvolved	Connecticut ⓘ
subjectMatter	double jeopardy ⓘ incorporation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ
volume	302 ⓘ
year	1937 ⓘ

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