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1954 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Quinn v. United States

349 U.S. 155 · 75 S. Ct. 668 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1381

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
8
U.S. Reports
349 U.S. 155
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 668
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1381

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Quinn v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Stanley ReedDissent

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