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Ward v. Village of Monroeville, 409 U.S. 57 (1972)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Ward v. Village of Monroeville, 409 U.S. 57 (1972)
Ward v. Village of Monroeville No. 71-496 Argued October 17, 1972 Decided November 14, 1972 409 U.S. 57
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
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Petitioner was denied a trial before a disinterested and impartial judicial officer as guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment where he was compelled to stand trial for traffic offenses before the mayor, who was responsible for village finances and whose court, through fines, forfeitures, costs, and fees, provided a substantial portion of village funds. Tumey v. Ohio, 273 U.S. 510. A statutory provision for the disqualification of interested or biased judges did not accord petitioner sufficient safeguard, and it is of no constitutional relevance that petitioner could later be tried de novo in another court, as he was entitled to an impartial judge in the first instance. Pp. 59-62.
27 Ohio St.2d 179, 271 N.E.2d 757, reversed and remanded.
BRENNAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C. J., and DOUGLAS, STEWART, MARSHALL, BLACKMUN, and POWELL, JJ., joined. WHITE, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which REHNQUIST, J., joined, post, p. 62.
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