1956 term · Warren Court · 6-3
Gold v. United States
352 U.S. 985 · 77 S. Ct. 378 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1678
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
- 137
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 985
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 378
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1678
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
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