Willingham v. Morgan
395 U.S. 402 · Decided June 9, 1969 · Supreme Court of the United States
Record summary. This page is generated from the Supreme Court Database’s coded data about the case. It describes who decided what, not the Court’s reasoning. Read the opinion itself before relying on it. Not legal advice.
At a glance
Willingham v. Morgan was decided on June 9, 1969 unanimously (8–0). The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Comity, removal cases and foreign tribunals” in the Judicial Power area.
Read the opinion
Case details
- Citations
- 395 U.S. 402 · 89 S. Ct. 1813 · 23 L. Ed. 2d 396 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 1366
- Docket number
- 228
- Decided
- June 9, 1969
- Argued
- April 22, 1969
- Court era
- Warren Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 8–0 (unanimous)
- Majority opinion
- Thurgood Marshall
- Opinion assigned by
- Earl Warren
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Comity, removal cases and foreign tribunals
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Legal provision
- 28 U.S.C. § 1442
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Majority | |
| Chief Justice Earl Warren | Majority | |
| Justice John M. Harlan II | Majority | |
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Majority | |
| Justice Byron R. White | Majority | |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Willingham, Warden, et al. v. Morgan
SCDB identifiers: case 1968-122, docket 1968-122-01.
Related decisions
Other cases on “Comity, removal cases and foreign tribunals”
- Gorun v. Fall
- Reetz v. Bozanich
- Kaiser Steel Corp. v. W. S. Ranch Co.
- Fornaris v. Ridge Tool Co.
- Askew v. Hargrave
- Grubbs v. General Electric Credit Corp.
Cases on the same legal provision: 28 U.S.C. § 1442
Same Term, same area (Judicial Power)
- Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.
- Mengelkoch v. Industrial Welfare Commission
- Universal Interpretive Shuttle Corp. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission
- Palmieri v. Florida
- Glover v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
- Gorun v. Fall
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