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1955 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Rea v. United States

350 U.S. 214 · 76 S. Ct. 292 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1488

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
30
U.S. Reports
350 U.S. 214
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 292
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1488

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

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

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