1956 term · Warren Court · 8-0
Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of New Mexico
353 U.S. 232 · 77 S. Ct. 752 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 980
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Attorneys
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 92
- U.S. Reports
- 353 U.S. 232
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 752
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 980
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Unknown |
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