1954 term · Warren Court · 6-2
Simmons v. United States
348 U.S. 397 · 75 S. Ct. 397 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1080
The record
- Term
- 1954
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 251
- U.S. Reports
- 348 U.S. 397
- S. Ct. citation
- 75 S. Ct. 397
- LEXIS citation
- 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1080
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
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