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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-1

Roviaro v. United States

353 U.S. 53 · 77 S. Ct. 623 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1125

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
58
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 53
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 623
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1125

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Roviaro v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Hugo BlackUnknown
Charles E. WhittakerUnknown

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