Glass v. Louisiana

Glass v. Louisiana
Decided April 29, 1985
Full case nameJimmy L. Glass v. Louisiana
Citations471 U.S. 1080 (more)
105 S. Ct. 2159; 85 L. Ed. 2d 514; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1731
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
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DissentBrennan, joined by Marshall

Glass v. Louisiana, 471 U.S. 1080 (1985), was a case denied for hearing by the United States Supreme Court in 1985. The case is famous for Justice Brennan's dissent from the denial of certiorari, joined by Justice Marshall, arguing that the death penalty is always unconstitutional.