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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Soriano v. United States

352 U.S. 270 · 77 S. Ct. 269 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1740

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
49
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 270
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 269
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1740

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Soriano v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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