Brady v. Maryland

Decided May 13, 1963. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 490 · 373 U.S. 83 (1963) · Cited 33,902 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Mooney v. Holohan · 294 U.S. 103 (1935)
• Pyle v. Kansas · 317 U.S. 213 (1942)
• Minnesota v. National Tea Co. · 309 U.S. 551 (1940)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Napue v. Illinois · 360 U.S. 264 (1959)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Williams v. New York · 337 U.S. 241 (1949)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• Berman v. United States · 302 U.S. 211 (1937)
• Alcorta v. Texas · 355 U.S. 28 (1957)
• Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. · 309 U.S. 4 (1940)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry · 371 U.S. 542 (1963)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)

Cited by

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• United States v. Bagley · 473 U.S. 667 (1985)
• Banks v. Dretke · 540 U.S. 668 (2004)
• Strickler v. Greene · 527 U.S. 263 (1999)
• Kyles v. Whitley · 514 U.S. 419 (1995)
• Cone v. Bell · 556 U.S. 449 (2009)
• Wearry v. Cain · 577 U.S. 385 (2016)
• Youngblood v. West Virginia · 547 U.S. 867 (2006)
• United States v. Agurs · 427 U.S. 97 (1976)
• Turner v. United States · 582 U.S. 313 (2017)
• Arizona v. Youngblood · 488 U.S. 51 (1988)
• Smith v. Cain · 565 U.S. 73 (2012)
• Gray v. Netherland · 518 U.S. 152 (1996)
• District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne · 557 U.S. 52 (2009)
• Murray v. Carrier · 477 U.S. 478 (1986)
• Imbler v. Pachtman · 424 U.S. 409 (1976)
• Smith v. Phillips · 455 U.S. 209 (1982)
• Sawyer v. Whitley · 505 U.S. 333 (1992)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 420 (2000)
• United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal · 458 U.S. 858 (1982)
• Moore v. Illinois · 408 U.S. 786 (1972)
• Kaley v. United States · 571 U.S. 320 (2014)
• Williams v. Pennsylvania · 579 U.S. 1 (2016)
• Pitchess v. Davis · 421 U.S. 482 (1975)
• McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
• Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Weatherford v. Bursey · 429 U.S. 545 (1977)
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · 416 U.S. 637 (1974)
• California v. Trombetta · 467 U.S. 479 (1984)
• Garcetti v. Ceballos · 547 U.S. 410 (2006)

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