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Legal Citation: 387 U.S. 1 (1967)

Appellants
Paul L. Gault and Marjorie Gault, parents of Gerald Francis Gault, a minor

Appellee
State of Arizona

Appellants' Claim
That the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to accord juvenile criminal defendants the same due process rights given to adults accused of criminal offenses.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Norman Dorsen

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Frank A. Parks, Attorney General of Arizona

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas (writing for the Court), John Marshall Harlan II, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
15 May 1967

Decision
Most of the guarantees of procedural due...