Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky

Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky
Argued December 5, 1972
Decided February 28, 1973
Full case nameCharles D. Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citations410 U.S. 484 (more)
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityBrennan, joined by Douglas, Stewart, White, Marshall
ConcurrenceBlackmun
DissentRehnquist, joined by Burger, Powell
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV; 28 U.S.C. § 2241

Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), was a decision of the US Supreme Court regarding the statutory jurisdiction of federal district courts to grant writs of habeas corpus for guaranteeing the right of state prisoners to receive a speedy trial in another state under the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution.