--- title: "Brady v. Maryland" citation: "Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-BRADY-373-US-83" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-373/pdf/USREPORTS-373-83.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-BRADY-373-US-83/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Brady v. Maryland ## Holding used Suppression of favorable evidence material to guilt or punishment violates due process irrespective of prosecutorial good or bad faith. The later cases in this module supply the no-request, impeachment, cumulative-materiality, and prosecution-team refinements. ## Material limitation The Court affirmed a remedy limited to punishment on the record before it. The opinion does not create a general open-file rule or one nationwide production calendar. ## Official source and pinpoints 373 U.S. 83, 86–91 (1963): ## Used in - [Arraignment and Pretrial Disclosure](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/arraignment-and-pretrial-disclosure.md)