1954 term · Warren Court · 6-3
Bell v. United States
349 U.S. 81 · 75 S. Ct. 620 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 864
The record
- Term
- 1954
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 468
- U.S. Reports
- 349 U.S. 81
- S. Ct. citation
- 75 S. Ct. 620
- LEXIS citation
- 1955 U.S. LEXIS 864
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
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