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1955 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Reece v. Georgia

350 U.S. 85 · 76 S. Ct. 167 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 36

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
112
U.S. Reports
350 U.S. 85
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 167
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 36

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Reece v. Georgia.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority

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