Garrity v. New Jersey

385 U.S. 493 · Decided January 16, 1967 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Garrity v. New Jersey was decided on January 16, 1967 by a vote of 5–4. The Court reversed the lower court's decision. Justice William O. Douglas wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Self-incrimination (general)” in the Criminal Procedure area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Full case caption

Garrity et al. v. New Jersey

SCDB identifiers: case 1966-038, docket 1966-038-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Self-incrimination (general)”

• Spevack v. KleinAltered precedent
  385 U.S. 511Decided January 16, 19675–4William O. Douglas
• Zuckerman v. Greason
  386 U.S. 15Decided February 13, 19675–4Per curiam
• Kaye v. Co-Ordinating Committee on Discipline of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  386 U.S. 17Decided February 13, 19675–4Per curiam
• Chapman v. California
  386 U.S. 18Decided February 20, 19678–1Hugo L. Black
• Phillips et Vir v. California
  386 U.S. 212Decided February 27, 19678–1Per curiam
• Wheaton v. California
  386 U.S. 267Decided March 13, 19678–1Per curiam

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Fifth Amendment (self-incrimination)

• United States v. Wade
  388 U.S. 218Decided June 12, 19675–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Gilbert v. California
  388 U.S. 263Decided June 12, 19676–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Miranda v. ArizonaAltered precedent
  384 U.S. 436Decided June 13, 19665–4Earl Warren
• Stevens v. Marks
  383 U.S. 234Decided February 28, 19667–2William O. Douglas
• Harrison v. United States
  392 U.S. 219Decided June 10, 19686–3Potter Stewart
• Gardner v. Broderick
  392 U.S. 273Decided June 10, 19689–0Abe Fortas

Same Term, same area (Criminal Procedure)

• Black v. United States
  385 U.S. 26Decided November 7, 19665–2Per curiam
• Cichos v. Indiana
  385 U.S. 76Decided November 14, 19666–3Byron R. White
• O'Connor v. Ohio
  385 U.S. 92Decided November 14, 19669–0Per curiam
• Lewis v. United States
  385 U.S. 206Decided December 12, 19668–1Earl Warren
• United States v. Fabrizio
  385 U.S. 263Decided December 12, 19667–2John M. Harlan II
• Hoffa v. United States
  385 U.S. 293Decided December 12, 19664–3Potter Stewart

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error