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1956 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Prince v. United States

352 U.S. 322 · 77 S. Ct. 403 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1249

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
132
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 322
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 403
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1249

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Prince v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Hugo BlackUnknown

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