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Habeas corpus: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Habeas corpus,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

231decisions
76%favorable to the petitioner
32%unanimous
12altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1940s5
1950s10
1960s21
1970s29
1980s27
1990s46
2000s51
2010s30
2020s12

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

28 U.S.C. §§ 2241–2255 (habeas corpus)126
Fourteenth Amendment (due process)6
Federal Rules of Civil or Appellate Procedure5
Fifth Amendment (due process)2
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act2
AEDPA2
42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts)2
AEDPA, 18 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(e)1

All 231 decisions, newest first

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