1956 term · Warren Court · 7-1
Jencks v. United States
353 U.S. 657 · 77 S. Ct. 1007 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1623
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
- Docket
- 23
- U.S. Reports
- 353 U.S. 657
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 1007
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1623
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCD?
M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Special concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Unknown |
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