Burt v. Titlow
| Burt v. Titlow | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 8, 2013 Decided November 5, 2013 | |
| Full case name | Sherry L. Burt, Warden, Petitioner v. Vonlee Nicole Titlow |
| Docket no. | 12-414 |
| Citations | 571 U.S. 12 (more) 134 S. Ct. 10; 187 L. Ed. 2d 348; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 8039; 82 U.S.L.W. 4007 |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Leave to appeal denied by Michigan Supreme Court, People v. Titlow, 470 Mich. 867, 680 N.W.2d 900 (2004); 480 Mich. 890, 738 N.W.2d 715 (2007); habeas corpus petition denied, Titlow v. Burt, No. 2:07-cv-13614 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 19, 2010), reversed, 680 F.3d 577 (6th Cir. 2012); cert. granted, 568 U.S. 1191 (2013). |
| Holding | |
| Federal Courts must defer to a State Court's finding of fact as long as their judgement is reasonable. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg (in judgment) |
| Laws applied | |
| Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act | |
Burt v. Titlow, 571 U.S. 12 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a state court makes a factual determination the federal courts must defer to its judgment so long as it is reasonable.