Unique ruling authority

Brady v. Maryland

373 U.S. 83 · U.S. Supreme Court

Stable case ID: case:brady-1963
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision date: 1963
Authority level: U.S. Supreme Court
Precedential status: precedential
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Holding and boundaries

Suppression of material evidence favorable to the accused violates due process.

Scope and limitations: Materiality, possession by the prosecution team, timing, prejudice and remedy are fact-specific and developed in later cases.

Open authoritative source

0 issue placements

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.