Subconstitutional fair procedure, fugitive from justice: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Subconstitutional fair procedure, fugitive from justice,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

7decisions

86%favorable to the petitioner

57%unanimous

1altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1960s1

1970s1

1980s2

1990s3

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Article IV, Section 2, Paragraph 2 (extradition clause)2

18 U.S.C. § 31821

Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)1

All 7 decisions, newest first

New Mexico v. Timothy Reed
524 U.S. 151Decided June 8, 19989–0Per curiam
Brian J. Degen v. United States
517 U.S. 820Decided June 10, 19969–0Anthony M. Kennedy
Jose Antonio Ortega-Rodriguez v. United States
507 U.S. 234Decided March 8, 19935–4John Paul Stevens
Puerto Rico v. BranstadAltered precedent
483 U.S. 219Decided June 23, 19879–0Thurgood Marshall
California v. Superior Court of California
482 U.S. 400Decided June 9, 19877–2Sandra Day O'Connor
Estelle v. Dorrough
420 U.S. 534Decided March 17, 19755–4Per curiam
Molinaro v. New Jersey
396 U.S. 365Decided January 19, 19708–0Per curiam

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