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1954 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Chandler v. Warden Fretag

348 U.S. 3 · 75 S. Ct. 1 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 1501

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
39
U.S. Reports
348 U.S. 3
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 1
LEXIS citation
1954 U.S. LEXIS 1501

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in Chandler v. Warden Fretag.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority

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