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1955 term · Warren Court · 9-0

United States v. Minker

350 U.S. 179 · 76 S. Ct. 281 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1486

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
35
U.S. Reports
350 U.S. 179
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 281
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1486

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in United States v. Minker.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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