1956 term · Warren Court · 6-1
Yates et al. v. United States
354 U.S. 298 · 77 S. Ct. 1064 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 657
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
- 6
- U.S. Reports
- 354 U.S. 298
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 1064
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 657
How the bench divided
MMMCCCD??
M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Regular concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Unknown |
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