Williams v. Pennsylvania

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Williams v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 29, 2016 Decided June 9, 2016
Full case name	Terrance Williams, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania
Docket no.	15–5040
Citations	579 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1899; 195 L. Ed. 2d 132
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Commonwealth v. Williams, 629 Pa. 533, 105 A.3d 1234 (2014); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 28 (2015).
Holding
Chief Justice Castille's denial of the recusal motion and his subsequent judicial participation violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Dissent	Roberts, joined by Alito
Dissent	Thomas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. VIII, XIV

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