Brown v. Allen

Brown v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 29, 1952
Reargued October 13, 1952
Decided February 9, 1953
Full case nameBrown v. Allen
Citations344 U.S. 443 (more)
Holding
A failure to use a state's available remedy, in the absence of some interference or incapacity, bars federal habeas corpus.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton

Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. 443 (1953), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case about habeas corpus.

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