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1956 term · Warren Court · 8-1

United States v. Korpan

354 U.S. 271 · 77 S. Ct. 1099 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1718

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
596
U.S. Reports
354 U.S. 271
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 1099
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1718

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Korpan.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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