1956 term · Warren Court · 6-3
Fikes v. Alabama
352 U.S. 191 · 77 S. Ct. 281 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1452
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 53
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 191
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 281
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1452
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
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