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1954 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Emspak v. United States

349 U.S. 190 · 75 S. Ct. 687 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1382

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
9
U.S. Reports
349 U.S. 190
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 687
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1382

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

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

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