1955 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Griffin et al. v. Illinois
351 U.S. 12 · 76 S. Ct. 585 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1059
The record
- Term
- 1955
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 95
- U.S. Reports
- 351 U.S. 12
- S. Ct. citation
- 76 S. Ct. 585
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1059
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Judgment of the Court |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
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