1956 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Nilva v. United States
352 U.S. 385 · 77 S. Ct. 431 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1253
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 37
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 385
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 431
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1253
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Dissent |
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