1956 term · Warren Court · 6-1
Watkins v. United States
354 U.S. 178 · 77 S. Ct. 1173 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1558
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 261
- U.S. Reports
- 354 U.S. 178
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 1173
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1558
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Unknown |
| Harold Burton | Unknown |
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